| A | B | |
|---|---|---|
1 | Abbreviation | Description of the differences |
2 | fewer | for prefix or suffix, constructed has fewer fields |
3 | more | for prefix or suffix, constructed has more fields |
4 | sep | the two separators are different |
5 | lit | two fields are different literals; eg ' de ' vs ' d’ ' |
6 | type | two fields have different types, eg y vs M or y vs ' de '; can be caused by fields in different order |
7 | num | two fields have the same type, but one is numeric and the other isn’t; eg MMM vs M |
8 | width | two fields have the same type & numeric status, but are of different lengths; eg MMMM vs MMM, or d vs dd |
9 | other | two fields have the same type, numeric status, and length, eg L vs M |