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On Oct 13, 2017 12:09 PM, "Kevin Wamae" <kwa...@kemri-wellcome.org> wrote: > I'm trying to populate the column “pf_mcl” in myDF1 with values from > myDF2, where rows match based on column "studyno" but the solutions I have > found so far don't seem to be giving me the desired output. > > Below is a snapshot of the data.frames. > > myDF1 <- structure(list(studyno = c("J1000/9", "J1000/9", "J1000/9", > "J1000/9", > "J1000/9", "J1000/9"), date = structure(c(17123, 17127, 17135, > 17144, 17148, 17155), class = "Date"), pf_mcl = c(NA_integer_, > NA_integer_, NA_integer_, NA_integer_, NA_integer_, NA_integer_ > ), year = c(2016, 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016)), .Names = c("studyno", > "date", "pf_mcl", "year"), row.names = c(NA, 6L), class = "data.frame") > > myDF2 <- structure(list(studyno = c("J740/4", "J1000/9", "J895/7", > "J931/6", > "J609/1", "J941/3"), pf_mcl = c(0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L)), .Names = > c("studyno", > "pf_mcl"), row.names = c(NA, 6L), class = "data.frame") > > myDF2 is a well curated subset of myDF1. Some rows in the two datasets > match based on "studyno", one may find that values are missing in > myDF1$pf_mcl or the values are wrong. > > All I want to do is identify a matching row in myDF2 and populate > myDF1$pf_mcl with the value in myDF2$pf_mcl. If a row does not match based > on “studyno”, the value should remain the same. > > It's probably worth mentioning, the two data frames have other columns...I > have selected a few for example purposes. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > This e-mail contains information which is confidential. It is intended > only for the use of the named recipient. If you have received this e-mail > in error, please let us know by replying to the sender, and immediately > delete it from your system. Please note, that in these circumstances, the > use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this information is strictly > prohibited. KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Programme cannot accept any responsibility > for the accuracy or completeness of this message as it has been > transmitted over a public network. Although the Programme has taken > reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in emails, it > cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of > the email or attachments. Any views expressed in this message are those of > the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to > be the views of KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Programme. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.