Top "Comparison" questions

Questions about data comparison and efficient ways to accomplish it.

Calculating Binary Data Similarity

I've seen a few questions here related to determining the similarity of files, but they are all linked to a …

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python GUI compared to Swing?

I wanted to say "best python GUI compared to Swing"... but was sternly told my question was "too subjective". I …

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When to use Android PopupWindow vs Dialog

I'm unclear about when to use PopupWindow vs Dialog. Any insight would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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Meaning of <=> (less than, equal, greater than) in Perl?

In this answer, I saw the syntax <=>; what does this mean? It seems to be some sort of …

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JUnit 5 vs TestNG

We were using JUnit 4, but we had some problems with test grouping. For integration tests we had problems with running …

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Phonegap vs Rhomobile

I'm starting a new project and one of the objectives is to make a comparison matrix between Phonegap and Rhomobile. …

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How to get Beyond Compare to compare data files matching columns by name, not by order

I have two scenarios: Two csv files with the same number of columns, but the column order differs. The first …

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Multiple Date range comparison for overlap: how to do it efficiently?

To check for overlap in two different dateranges, {Start1, End1} and {Start2, End2} I am checking: if ((Start1 <= End2) &…

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Python - Any way to avoid several if-statements inside each other in a for-loop?

I need a better way to do this. I'm new with programming but I know that this is a very …

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Comparison-based ranking algorithm

I would like to rank or sort a collection of items (with size potentially greater than 100,000) where items in the …

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