strvalidator (version 1.3.0)

addData: Adds new data columns to a data frame

Description

addData Adds columns in 'newData' to 'data' by column 'byCol'.

Usage

addData(data, newData, byCol, thenByCol = NULL, exact = TRUE,
  ignoreCase = TRUE, debug = FALSE)

Arguments

data

Data frame containing your main data.

newData

Data frame containing information you want to add to 'data'.

byCol

character, key column.

thenByCol

character, key column level 2.

exact

logical, TRUE matches keys exact.

ignoreCase

logical, TRUE ignore case.

debug

logical indicating printing debug information.

Value

• data.frame the original data frame containing additional columns.

Details

Information in columns in data frame 'newData' is added to data frame 'data' based on value in column 'byCol' and optionally on 'thenByCol'.

Examples

# Get marker names and alleles for Promega PowerPlex ESX 17.
x <- getKit("ESX17", what="Allele")
# Get marker names and colors for Promega PowerPlex ESX 17.
y <- getKit("ESX17", what="Color")
# Add color information to allele information.
z <- addData(data=x, newData=y, byCol="Marker")
print(x)
print(y)
print(z)