Yes, such a comparison is possible with UltraCompare Professional, but not with UC Lite. Click in UltraCompare Prof. after having already opened a text comparison window in menu
Session on menu item
Session properties… on using the toolbar/menu mode or on second ribbon tab
Home in the second group
Current Session on the first item
Set compare options on using the ribbon mode. Select next the second tab
Ignore options in the opened dialog window.
There are two possibilities for ignoring the character
N with the following number:
- Check the ignore option Ignore column and enter in the field below: 1-6
- Below the ignore option Ignore rules click on button Add, select list item all text between and enter in the the two edit fields right to this list option N in first edit field and a space character in the second edit field and click on button OK.
Next click on the button
OK and Run.
The second possibility with the ignore rule can result in false positives in case of the character
N exists in the compared files also somewhere else than at the beginning of the lines. There is unfortunately no placeholder for beginning of a line which would be useful for this specific text file comparison. There is just the placeholder
$ for end of the line. Regular expressions cannot be used for rules although
$ is the common placeholder for at end of line also in UltraEdit/Unix/Perl regular expressions.
You could send a feature request email to support of UltraEdit, Inc. for an enhancement to define an ignore rule with
^N (Unix/Perl regular expression syntax) or
%N (UltraEdit regular expression syntax) and a space character in a future version of UltraCompare Professional for ignoring all text between
N at the beginning of a line and the next space character in the line.