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[[File:Finding an edit using successive approximation.png|left|thumb|200 px|Finding an edit through successive approximation.]] | [[File:Finding an edit using successive approximation.png|left|thumb|200 px|Finding an edit through successive approximation.]] | ||
If you are looking for when a particular section of text was edited, you can use ''successive approximation''. | If you are looking for when a particular section of text was edited, you can use ''binary search''/''successive approximation''. | ||
Start by comparing the revision ''between'' the oldest and newest possible revision with ''its previous'' revision. Then in ''halfway steps'' compare revisions with their previous ones till you find the edit. | Start by comparing the revision ''between'' the oldest and newest possible revision with ''its previous'' revision. Then in ''halfway steps'' compare revisions with their previous ones till you find the edit. | ||