Hi: Is this what you need?
l_one <- data.frame(key = c(2, 1, 2)) l_two <- data.frame(ndx = 1:4, descr = c('this', 'that', 'other', 'finis')) merge(l_one, l_two, by.x = 'key', by.y = 'ndx') key descr 1 1 this 2 2 that 3 2 that HTH, Dennis On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Jim Burke <j.bu...@earthlink.net> wrote: > My two lists look like below > Need an R code example that > combines the two. > > l_one > "key" > 2 > 1 > 2 > > > l_two > "ndx", "descr" > 1, "this" > 2, "that" > 3, "other" > 4, "finis" > > My goal is a new list that looks > like below. > ndx descr > 2 that > 1 this > 2 that > > Thanks, > Jim > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.