.. _comparepythondistributionrst:

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Compare two Python distributions
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.. only:: html

    **Links:** :download:`notebook <compare_python_distribution.ipynb>`, :downloadlink:`html <compare_python_distribution2html.html>`, :download:`PDF <compare_python_distribution.pdf>`, :download:`python <compare_python_distribution.py>`, :downloadlink:`slides <compare_python_distribution.slides.html>`, :githublink:`GitHub|_doc/notebooks/compare_python_distribution.ipynb|*`


Compares two files or strings. It is used to compare the outputs of
``pip freeze`` from two different python distributions.

.. code:: ipython3

    from jyquickhelper import add_notebook_menu
    add_notebook_menu()






.. contents::
    :local:





preparation
-----------

.. code:: ipython3

    %load_ext pyquickhelper

home distribution
-----------------

.. code:: ipython3

    dist1 = !pip freeze

.. code:: ipython3

    dist1[:3]




.. parsed-literal::
    ['WARNING: Could not generate requirement for distribution -illow 5.4.1 (c:\\python372_x64\\lib\\site-packages): Parse error at "\'-illow==\'": Expected W:(abcd...)',
     'absl-py==0.7.1',
     'adal==1.2.1']



.. code:: ipython3

    dist1 = "\n".join(dist1)

other distribution
------------------

.. code:: ipython3

    dist2 = """
    alabaster==0.7.9
    antlr4-python3-runtime==4.5.3
    appdirs==1.4.0
    autopep8==1.2.4
    autopy3==0.51.1
    azure-nspkg==1.0.0
    azure-servicebus==0.20.2
    azure-servicemanagement-legacy==0.20.3
    azure-storage==0.32.0
    Babel==2.3.4
    backports-abc==0.4
    backports.shutil-get-terminal-size==1.0.0
    basemap==1.0.8
    bayespy==0.5.1
    bcolz==1.1.0
    beautifulsoup4==4.5.1
    biopython==1.67
    blaze==0.10.1
    bokeh==0.12.1
    bqplot==0.7.1
    brewer2mpl==1.4.1
    brythonmagic==0.2.1
    certifi==2016.8.8
    cffi==1.7.0
    chardet==2.3.0
    click==6.6
    cloud-sptheme==1.7.1
    cloudpickle==0.2.1
    cobble==0.1.1
    codecov==2.0.5
    colorama==0.3.7
    colorlover==0.2.1
    colormap==0.9.8
    coverage==4.2
    cryptography==1.4
    cufflinks==0.8.2
    cvxopt==1.1.7
    cycler==0.10.0
    Cython==0.24.1
    cytoolz==0.8.0
    dask==0.10.2
    datashader==0.2.0
    datashape==0.5.2
    dbfread==2.0.6
    decorator==4.0.10
    dill==0.2.5
    docopt==0.6.2
    docutils==0.12
    easydev==0.9.25
    ecdsa==0.13
    entrypoints==0.2.2
    enum34==1.1.2
    ete3==3.0.0b35
    falcon==1.0.0
    feedparser==5.2.1
    flake8==3.0.4
    Flask==0.11.1
    Flask-Cors==2.1.2
    folium==0.2.1
    foundation-sphinx-theme==0.0.3
    future==0.15.2
    gdbn==0.1
    geoplotlib==0.3.2
    ggplot==0.11.1
    gnumpy==0.2
    gplearn==0.1.0
    gprof2dot==2015.12.1
    graphviz==0.4.10
    h2o==3.8.3.3
    h5py==2.6.0
    hachibee-sphinx-theme==0.2.5
    husl==4.0.3
    idna==2.1
    imagesize==0.7.1
    ipykernel==4.4.1
    ipython==5.0.0
    ipython-genutils==0.1.0
    ipywidgets==5.2.2
    isodate==0.5.4
    itsdangerous==0.24
    jdcal==1.2
    Jinja2==2.8
    joblib==0.10.0
    JSAnimation==0.1
    jsonschema==2.5.1
    jupyter==1.0.0
    jupyter-client==4.3.0
    jupyter-console==5.0.0
    jupyter-contrib-core==0.2.0
    jupyter-core==4.1.1
    jupyter-nbextensions-configurator==0.2.0
    jupyter-pip==0.3
    keyring==9.3.1
    leather==0.2.0
    lifelines==0.9.2
    lightning-python==1.2.1
    line-profiler==1.0
    llvmlite==0.12.1
    locket==0.2.0
    lxml==3.6.1
    Mako==1.0.4
    mammoth==1.1.1
    MarkupSafe==0.23
    matplotlib==1.5.1
    mccabe==0.5.2
    memory-profiler==0.41
    metakernel==0.13.5
    missingno==0.2.4
    mistune==0.7.3
    mlxtend==0.4.1
    mpld3==0.2
    mpmath==0.19
    msrest==0.1.1
    msrestazure==0.1.1
    multi-key-dict==2.0.3
    multipledispatch==0.4.8
    natgrid==0.2.1
    natsort==5.0.1
    nbconvert==4.2.0
    nbformat==4.1.0
    netCDF4==1.2.4
    networkx==1.11
    nolearn==0.5
    nose==1.3.7
    notebook==4.2.2
    notedown==1.5.0
    numba==0.27.0
    numpy==1.11.1+mkl
    oauthlib==1.1.2
    odo==0.5.0
    onedrivesdk==1.0.9
    opencv-python==3.1.0
    openpyxl==2.3.5
    ordereddict==1.1
    pandas==0.18.1
    pandas-datareader==0.2.1
    pandoc-attributes==0.1.7
    pandocfilters==1.3.0
    paramiko==2.0.2
    parsimonious==0.6.2
    partd==0.3.5
    path.py==8.2.1
    patsy==0.4.1
    pbr==1.10.0
    pep8==1.7.0
    pickleshare==0.7.3
    Pillow==3.3.0
    pipdeptree==0.6.0
    plotly==1.12.6
    prettytable==0.7.2
    prompt-toolkit==1.0.5
    psutil==4.3.0
    psycopg2==2.6.2
    py==1.4.31
    py-earth==0.1.0
    py2exe==0.9.2.2
    pyasn1==0.1.9
    pycallgraph==1.0.1
    pycodestyle==2.0.0
    pycparser==2.14
    pycrypto==2.7a2
    pycryptodomex==3.4.2
    pydub==0.16.5
    pydy==0.3.1
    pyflakes==1.2.3
    pygal==2.2.3
    pygal-maps-fr==1.1.0
    pygame==1.9.2a0
    pyglet==1.2.4
    Pygments==2.1.3
    pyinstrument==0.13.1
    pylzma==0.4.8
    pyparsing==2.1.7
    pyPdf==1.13
    pypiserver==1.2.0
    pypiwin32==219
    pyprofiler==69
    PyQt4==4.11.4
    pyreadline==2.1
    pyshp==1.2.3
    pytest==2.9.2
    Python-contrib-nbextensions===alpha
    python-dateutil==2.5.3
    python-jenkins==0.4.13
    python-linkedin==4.1
    python-mimeparse==1.5.2
    pythreejs==0.2.1
    pytz==2016.6.1
    pywin32-ctypes==0.0.1
    PyXB==1.2.4
    PyYAML==3.11
    pyzmq==15.3.0
    qgrid==0.3.2
    qtconsole==4.2.1
    reportlab==3.3.0
    requests==2.11.0
    requests-file==1.4
    requests-oauthlib==0.6.2
    rpy2==2.8.1
    sacred==0.6.10
    scikit-image==0.12.3
    scikit-learn==0.17.1
    scipy==0.18.0
    seaborn==0.7.1
    selenium==2.53.6
    simplegeneric==0.8.1
    six==1.10.0
    sklearn-contrib-lightning==0.3.0
    sklearn-pandas==1.1.0
    sklearn-pmml==0.1.2
    skll==1.2.1
    smopy==0.0.6
    snakeviz==0.4.1
    snowballstemmer==1.2.1
    solar-theme==1.3.2
    Sphinx==1.4.5
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    sphinx-py3doc-enhanced-theme==2.3.2
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    sphinx-theme-pd==0.0.8
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    sphinxcontrib-imagesvg==0.1
    sphinxcontrib-lunrsearch==0.2
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    sphinxjp.themes.revealjs==0.3.0
    sphinxjp.themes.sphinxjp==0.3.1
    splinter==0.7.4
    SQLAlchemy==1.0.14
    statsmodels==0.6.1
    sympy==1.0
    tabulate==0.7.5
    toolz==0.8.0
    tornado==4.4.1
    traitlets==4.2.2
    tutormagic==0.2.0
    ujson==1.35
    urllib3==1.16
    vega==0.4.2
    version-information==1.0.3
    virtualenv==15.0.3
    vprof==0.32
    wcwidth==0.1.7
    Werkzeug==0.11.10
    widgetsnbextension==1.2.6
    wild-sphinx-theme==1.0.0
    win-unicode-console==0.5
    winrandom==1.2
    winshell==0.6
    wrapt==1.10.8
    xarray==0.8.1
    xgboost==0.6
    xlrd==1.0.0
    xray==0.7.0
    """

comparison
----------

.. code:: ipython3

    %textdiff dist1 dist2





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.. parsed-literal::
    <IPython.core.display.Javascript object>