data_diff: Diff two dataframes

In Pakillo/pacotools: Miscellaneous tools I often need and forget about

Description

Compare two dataframes using daff package.

Usage

data_diff(old.df, new.df, output = c("view", "data.frame"),
  file = tempfile(fileext = ".html"))

Arguments

old.df	Old dataframe
new.df	New dataframe (to evaluate changes compared to old.df).
output	character. view shows data diff as HTML (see render_diff). data.frame returns a data.frame (useful for knitting, see examples).
file	Character. Path to save diff results in a HTML file (optional).

Value

A difference object. See diff_data. Also, optionally, an HTML file or data.frame.

Examples

old <- iris
new <- old
new[1, 2] <- 3.8
new <- new[- 4, ]
data_diff(old, new)

## Diff two Excel files
# (or any two files that can be imported by \pkg{rio}) 
## Not run: 
library(rio)
old <- import("old.xls")
new <- import("new.xls")
data_diff(old, new)

# Including output in Rmarkdown document:
kable(data_diff(old, new, output = "data.frame"))

## End(Not run)

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