assimilate_data: Harmonize Two Data Frames by Column Structure

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Harmonize Two Data Frames by Column Structure

Description

Adds missing columns (filled with 'NA') to a secondary data frame so that its column set and order match a reference data frame. This is useful when combining data frames from different sources that should have the same structure but may be missing some columns.

Usage

assimilate_data(data_a, data_b)

Arguments

data_a	Data frame. Reference data frame whose column structure should be matched.
data_b	Data frame. Data frame to be conformed to 'data_a'.

Value

Data frame 'data_b' with added missing columns (NA-filled) and reordered to match 'data_a'.

Examples

# Create reference data frame
pdata_a <- data.frame(
  A = 1:5, B = 2:6, C = 3:7, D = 4:8, E = 5:9
)

# Create data frame with subset of columns
pdata_b <- data.frame(A = 1:3, C = 4:6, E = 7:9)

# Harmonize pdata_b to match pdata_a structure
pdata_b_harmonized <- assimilate_data(data_a = pdata_a, data_b = pdata_b)
print(names(pdata_b_harmonized)) # Now has A, B, C, D, E

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