Comparison and text extraction between Long-Text Fields

Hi Maria,

If the texts are identical, I assume you need a third field indicating so. A simple field comparison is all that is needed, and a formula can handle this easily.

This is a bigger challenge and probably suited for some script. Patience Diff, a concise javascript implementation of the Patience Diff algorithm is generally a good approach for finding the differences between two texts. There’s also a plus enhancement which is an implementation of a new algorithm dubbed Patience Diff Plus, which in addition to the usual Patience Diff, identifies lines that moved.

Thank you for your help @Bill.French! I am studying several things because I don’t know how to implement this script. I will let you know if it works.

Hey @Maria_Juliana_Yepes,

We have a few automations in our On2Air Actions app for Airtable that can accomplish what you need (without having to code.)

Depending on exactly what you need, here are some options:

Field Diff Log - It will keep a running log of changes to any field within a Long Text Field and track changes made to fields.

Items in One List But Not in Others - It will extract values from one field that are not found in multiple other fields and add it to another field. This is useful for searching fields and finding any values that are not present and adding it to another field.

Unique Arrays – Search 1 or multiple fields for unique data and store the unique values in another field. Useful for filtering out duplicates.

You can test it out with a free trial or we can give you a quick demo.