match.names: Name matching helper

In Rterial/Rtbase: The resource and base package for the Rterial R libraries

Description

match.names

Usage

match.names(obj_1, obj_2, inverse = FALSE)

Arguments

obj_1, obj_2	The data objects to compare
inverse	logical Should the negated names be returned or the matched names? Defaults to FALSE for inclusion

Details

Match the names of one list or data frame to an altered list or data frame or key ref table

Examples

# For brevity
names(mtcars)
[1] "mpg"  "cyl"  "disp" "hp"   "drat" "wt"
    "qsec" "vs"   "am"   "gear" "carb"


mtcars2 <- mtcars[1:4]
names(mtcars2)
[1] "mpg"  "cyl"  "disp" "hp"


> match.names(mtcars,mtcars2)
[1] "mpg"  "cyl"  "disp" "hp"
> match.names(mtcars,mtcars2,T)
[1] "drat" "wt"   "qsec" "vs"   "am"   "gear" "carb"

Rterial/Rtbase documentation built on May 9, 2019, 10:35 a.m.