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editCost Property

Summary

Cost of an empty edit operation in terms of edit characters.

Syntax

TypeScript

JavaScript

Object.defineProperty(DocumentCompareOptions.prototype, 'editCost', 
   get: function(), 
   set: function(value) 
)

editCost: number;

Property Value

An integer reflecting the empty edit cost. The default value is 4.

Remarks

The smaller the value, the more granular the inspection, and the more likely the letters of a word from one version gets sandwiched with the letters of a word from the other version. Larger values result in the comparison showing longer passages from each version.

Requirements

Target Platforms