Autoit - how to find dupes in two strings - autoit

Question

anyone help please
I have a function that outputs a list of names to an array. I've parsed the list into a string that shows exactly what I want.
I have a second list of names that I want to compare to the first list and print out the details if they are different.
Example: If string = CCleaner 5.5 then prog1 is out of date. I want it to show this
#Include <Date.au3>
#Include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
Local $prog1 = "CCleaner 5.29"
Local $prog2 = "Defraggler 2.21"
Local $string
Local $aList = _UninstallList("", "","Publisher|InstallLocation|DisplayVersion")
for $1 = 0 to ubound($aList) - 1
$string &= $aList[$1][2] & " " & $aList[$1][6] & #CRLF
Next
msgbox(0, "", $string)

Answer 1

Several years ago, I wrote a function to compare lists or arrays. I think this can help you.
;==================================================================================================
; Function Name: _GetIntersection($Set1, $Set2 [, $GetAll=0 [, $Delim=Default]])
; Description:: Detect from 2 sets
; - Intersection (elements are contains in both sets)
; - Difference 1 (elements are contains only in $Set1)
; - Difference 2 (elements are contains only in $Set2)
; Parameter(s): $Set1 set 1 (1D-array or delimited string)
; $Set2 set 2 (1D-array or delimited string)
; optional: $GetAll 0 - only one occurence of every different element are shown (Default)
; 1 - all elements of differences are shown
; optional: $Delim Delimiter for strings (Default use the separator character set by Opt("GUIDataSeparatorChar") )
; Return Value(s): Succes 2D-array [i][0]=Intersection
; [i][1]=Difference 1
; [i][2]=Difference 2
; Failure -1 #error set, that was given as array, is'nt 1D-array
; Note: Comparison is case-sensitiv! - i.e. Number 9 is different to string '9'!
; Author(s): BugFix (AutoIt#bug-fix.info)
;==================================================================================================
Func _GetIntersection(ByRef $Set1, ByRef $Set2, $GetAll=0, $Delim=Default)
Local $o1 = ObjCreate("System.Collections.ArrayList")
Local $o2 = ObjCreate("System.Collections.ArrayList")
Local $oUnion = ObjCreate("System.Collections.ArrayList")
Local $oDiff1 = ObjCreate("System.Collections.ArrayList")
Local $oDiff2 = ObjCreate("System.Collections.ArrayList")
Local $tmp, $i
If $GetAll <> 1 Then $GetAll = 0
If $Delim = Default Then $Delim = Opt("GUIDataSeparatorChar")
If Not IsArray($Set1) Then
If Not StringInStr($Set1, $Delim) Then
$o1.Add($Set1)
Else
$tmp = StringSplit($Set1, $Delim)
For $i = 1 To UBound($tmp) -1
$o1.Add($tmp[$i])
Next
EndIf
Else
If UBound($Set1, 0) > 1 Then Return SetError(1,0,-1)
For $i = 0 To UBound($Set1) -1
$o1.Add($Set1[$i])
Next
EndIf
If Not IsArray($Set2) Then
If Not StringInStr($Set2, $Delim) Then
$o2.Add($Set2)
Else
$tmp = StringSplit($Set2, $Delim)
For $i = 1 To UBound($tmp) -1
$o2.Add($tmp[$i])
Next
EndIf
Else
If UBound($Set2, 0) > 1 Then Return SetError(1,0,-1)
For $i = 0 To UBound($Set2) -1
$o2.Add($Set2[$i])
Next
EndIf
For $tmp In $o1
If $o2.Contains($tmp) And Not $oUnion.Contains($tmp) Then $oUnion.Add($tmp)
Next
For $tmp In $o2
If $o1.Contains($tmp) And Not $oUnion.Contains($tmp) Then $oUnion.Add($tmp)
Next
For $tmp In $o1
If $GetAll Then
If Not $oUnion.Contains($tmp) Then $oDiff1.Add($tmp)
Else
If Not $oUnion.Contains($tmp) And Not $oDiff1.Contains($tmp) Then $oDiff1.Add($tmp)
EndIf
Next
For $tmp In $o2
If $GetAll Then
If Not $oUnion.Contains($tmp) Then $oDiff2.Add($tmp)
Else
If Not $oUnion.Contains($tmp) And Not $oDiff2.Contains($tmp) Then $oDiff2.Add($tmp)
EndIf
Next
Local $UBound[3] = [$oDiff1.Count,$oDiff2.Count,$oUnion.Count], $max = 1
For $i = 0 To UBound($UBound) -1
If $UBound[$i] > $max Then $max = $UBound[$i]
Next
Local $aOut[$max][3]
If $oUnion.Count > 0 Then
$i = 0
For $tmp In $oUnion
$aOut[$i][0] = $tmp
$i += 1
Next
EndIf
If $oDiff1.Count > 0 Then
$i = 0
For $tmp In $oDiff1
$aOut[$i][1] = $tmp
$i += 1
Next
EndIf
If $oDiff2.Count > 0 Then
$i = 0
For $tmp In $oDiff2
$aOut[$i][2] = $tmp
$i += 1
Next
EndIf
Return $aOut
EndFunc ;==>_GetIntersection