partial_join: Join two dataframes with partial matching of keys

In qPharmetra/PMDatR: Pharmacometric Data Management in R

Join two dataframes with partial matching of keys

Description

Join two dataframes with partial matching of keys

Usage

partial_join(x, y, by_x, pattern_y)

Arguments

x	A dataframe
y	A dataframe
by_x	Column to join in x
pattern_y	Column to join in y, containing patterns which may result in multiple matches

Details

If by_x has multiple values that match rows of pattern_y, multiple rows are created by the join.

Value

A dataframe

Examples

library(dplyr)
x=data_frame(A=c("AA BB","CC","DD EE"), B=1:3)
y=data_frame(K=c("AA","BB","CC","DD"), Z=c("cat1","cat1","cat1","cat2"))
partial_join(x,y,"A","K")

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