dupes_find: Identify duplicate entries

In graggsd/sysreviewR: Facilitates Management of Publication Records for Systematic Review

Description

For a tabular set of publication records, identifies potential sets of duplicate entries and labels them with a unique identifier.

Usage

dupes_find(x, match_cols, approx_match = FALSE, string_dist = 5,
  min_length = 10, simplify_match = TRUE)

Arguments

x	The dataset in which duplicate entries will be identified
match_cols	Column(s) that will be used to search for duplicate records
approx_match	Whether to perform a duplicate search using string distances or exact values
string_dist	When using approximate matching, the string distance cutoff at which records will be assumed duplicated
min_length	The minimum length for the combined matching string produced by match_cols at which a record will be considered for matching
simplify_match	Whether to perform duplicate searches after removing all non alpha-numeric characters from the reference string generated from match_cols

Value

An updated version of x, with one column specifying the final string used to search for duplicates (matching_col) and another column containing unique identifiers for each set of duplicates (match_ID).

Examples

## Not run: 
test <- rbind(form_mm_recs, form_mm_recs)
test <- dupes_find(test, c(1, 3))
dupes <- dupes_return(test)
out <- dupes_rm(test)

## End(Not run)

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