# Comapring Docs,XLS,PDF's

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/comapring-docs-xls-pdfs/185404>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 19, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/comapring-docs-xls-pdfs/185404 "2010-03-19T09:57:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jazzezravi)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/comapring-docs-xls-pdfs/185404/1 "2010-03-19T09:57:28Z")

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Hi All,

MY NEED :

I want to compare

- 1 PDF and 1 DOC
- 1 DOC and 1 Note pad
- 1 PDF and another 1 PDF

Is there any other libraries or any other way except these gems to solve  
my tasks.

Already USED :

I have already used pdf-reader, prawn , win32ole, roo , spreadsheet.

What I DID Earlier :

@a = PDF FILE CONTENTS (used pdf reader)  
@b = DOC CONTENTS (Used Win32 OLE)

But @a!=@b because of some text format issues with PDF

So Please anyone guide to me which library or which approach helps for  
me.

Thanks  
Raveendran P

> **[Raveendran](https://raveendran.wordpress.com)**
>
> Nothing is impossible...

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**Author:** ![jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@jazzezravi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jazzezravi)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/comapring-docs-xls-pdfs/185404/2 "2010-03-19T21:34:05Z")

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On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Raveendran .P [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> What I DID Earlier :
> 
> @a = PDF FILE CONTENTS (used pdf reader)  
> @b = DOC CONTENTS (Used Win32 OLE)
> 
> But @a!=@b because of some text format issues with PDF

Show the inspect output for both, or at least a subslice.  
Or provide some code for us to try.