graph_join: Join graphs on common nodes

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Join graphs on common nodes

Description

This graph-specific join method makes a full join on the nodes data and updates the edges in the joining graph so they matches the new indexes of the nodes in the resulting graph. Node and edge data is combined using dplyr::bind_rows() semantic, meaning that data is matched by column name and filled with NA if it is missing in either of the graphs.

Usage

graph_join(x, y, by = NULL, copy = FALSE, suffix = c(".x", ".y"), ...)

Arguments

x	A tbl_graph
y	An object convertible to a tbl_graph using as_tbl_graph()
by	A join specification created with join_by(), or a character vector of variables to join by. If NULL, the default, ⁠*_join()⁠ will perform a natural join, using all variables in common across x and y. A message lists the variables so that you can check they're correct; suppress the message by supplying by explicitly. To join on different variables between x and y, use a join_by() specification. For example, join_by(a == b) will match x$a to y$b. To join by multiple variables, use a join_by() specification with multiple expressions. For example, join_by(a == b, c == d) will match x$a to y$b and x$c to y$d. If the column names are the same between x and y, you can shorten this by listing only the variable names, like join_by(a, c). join_by() can also be used to perform inequality, rolling, and overlap joins. See the documentation at ?join_by for details on these types of joins. For simple equality joins, you can alternatively specify a character vector of variable names to join by. For example, by = c("a", "b") joins x$a to y$a and x$b to y$b. If variable names differ between x and y, use a named character vector like by = c("x_a" = "y_a", "x_b" = "y_b"). To perform a cross-join, generating all combinations of x and y, see cross_join().
copy	If x and y are not from the same data source, and copy is TRUE, then y will be copied into the same src as x. This allows you to join tables across srcs, but it is a potentially expensive operation so you must opt into it.
suffix	If there are non-joined duplicate variables in x and y, these suffixes will be added to the output to disambiguate them. Should be a character vector of length 2.
...	Other parameters passed onto methods.

Value

A tbl_graph containing the merged graph

Examples

gr1 <- create_notable('bull') %>%
  activate(nodes) %>%
  mutate(name = letters[1:5])
gr2 <- create_ring(10) %>%
  activate(nodes) %>%
  mutate(name = letters[4:13])

gr1 %>% graph_join(gr2)

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