User`s guide

How to Compare XML Files

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From the Comparison Tool

To compare files using the Comparison Tool, from the MATLAB Toolstrip, in the File

section, select the Compare button. In the dialog box select files to compare.

If the files you select to compare are XML files and you select an XML comparison, the

XML comparison tool performs a Chawathe analysis of the XML files, and generates an

report.

From the Command Line

To compare XML files from the command line, enter

visdiff(filename1, filename2)

where filename1 and filename1 are XML files. This XML comparison functionality is

an extension to the MATLAB visdiff function.

Change Comparison Type

If you specify two XML files to compare using either the Current Folder Browser or

the visdiff function, then the Comparison Tool automatically performs the default

comparison type, XML text comparison.

To change comparison type, either create a new comparison from the Comparison Tool,

or use the Compare Against option from the Current Folder browser. You can change

comparison type in the Select Files or Folders for Comparison dialog box. If you want

the MATLAB text differences report for XML files, change the comparison type to Text

comparison in the dialog before clicking Compare.

XML Comparison Examples

For an example with instructions, see mlxml_testplan.