link: Use the selected pairs to generate a linked data set

In djvanderlaan/reclin: Record Linkage Toolkit

Use the selected pairs to generate a linked data set

Description

Use the selected pairs to generate a linked data set

Usage

link(pairs, selection = NULL, x = NULL, y = NULL, all_x = TRUE,
  all_y = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

pairs	a pairs object, such as generated by pair_blocking
selection	a logical variable with the same length as pairs has rows, or the name of such a variable in pairs. Pairs are only selected when select is TRUE. When missing attr(pairs, "selection") is used when available.
x	the first data set; when missing attr(pairs, "x") is used.
y	the second data set; when missing attr(pairs, "y") is used.
all_x	return all records from x.
all_y	return all records from y.
...	ignored.

Details

Uses the selected pairs to link the two data sets to each other. Renames variables that are in both data sets.

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