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Title: wrong result for difflib.SequenceMatcher
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 3.7
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Status: closed Resolution: not a bug
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: tim.peters Nosy List: Boris Yang, iritkatriel, rhettinger, tim.peters
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2018-11-21 07:13 by Boris Yang, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg330172 - (view) Author: (Boris Yang) Date: 2018-11-21 07:13
How to repeat:

from difflib import SequenceMatcher
seqMatcher = SequenceMatcher(None, u"德阳孩子", u"孩子德阳")
seqMatcher.get_matching_blocks()

Expect Result:
[Match(a=0, b=3, size=2), Match(a=2, b=0, size=2), Match(a=5, b=5, size=0)]

Current Result:
[Match(a=0, b=3, size=2), Match(a=5, b=5, size=0)]
msg330177 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-11-21 07:57
The "expected result" listed isn't a valid output for get_matching_blocks() which is documented to return "triples are monotonically increasing in i and j".    In your example, the "a" sequence is increasing: 0, 2, 5 but the "b" sequence is not monotonic: 3 0 5.

SequenceMatcher.get_matching_blocks() isn't designed to locate swapped blocks from "abcd" to "cdab".
msg377194 - (view) Author: Irit Katriel (iritkatriel) * (Python committer) Date: 2020-09-19 23:17
Can this issue be closed? It looks like Boris simply misunderstood the semantics of difflib, which Raymond has clarified.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:08adminsetgithub: 79467
2020-10-28 06:52:34Boris Yangsetstatus: open -> closed
stage: resolved
2020-09-19 23:17:11iritkatrielsetnosy: + iritkatriel
messages: + msg377194
components: + Library (Lib)
2018-11-23 06:40:05rhettingersetassignee: tim.peters
2018-11-21 07:58:08rhettingersetstatus: pending -> open

messages: - msg330178
2018-11-21 07:57:50rhettingersetstatus: pending
nosy: tim.peters, rhettinger, Boris Yang
messages: + msg330178
2018-11-21 07:57:22rhettingersetstatus: open -> (no value)

nosy: + rhettinger, tim.peters
messages: + msg330177

resolution: not a bug
2018-11-21 07:13:07Boris Yangcreate