ddpcr (version 1.15.2)

merge_dfs_overwrite_col: Overwrite a column in a data.frame based on a matching column in another df

Description

Sometimes you want to merge two dataframes and specify that column X in one dataframe should overwrite the same column in the other dataframe. If there is a missing value in the column in the new dataframe, then the value from the old dataframe is kept.

Usage

merge_dfs_overwrite_col(olddf, newdf, cols, bycol = "well")

Arguments

olddf

The dataframe whose column will be overwritten.

newdf

The dataframe that will use its columns to overwrite.

cols

The names of the columns that exist in both dataframes that should be overwritten. If not provided, then all columns that are common to both dataframes are used.

bycol

The names of the columns to use as the key for the merge.

Examples

df <- function(...) data.frame(..., stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

df1 <- df(a = 1:4, b = c("one", NA, "three", "four"))
df2 <- df(a = 1:4, b = c("ONE", "TWO", NA, "FOUR"))
merge_dfs_overwrite_col(df1, df2, "b", "a")
merge_dfs_overwrite_col(df2, df1, "b", "a")

df3 <- df(a = 1:3, b = c("one", NA, "three"))
df4 <- df(a = 2:4, b = c("TWO", NA, "FOUR"))
merge_dfs_overwrite_col(df3, df4, "b", "a")
merge_dfs_overwrite_col(df4, df3, "b", "a")

df5 <- df(a = 1:3, b = c("one", "two", "three"), c = letters[1:3])
df6 <- df(b = c("ONE", "TWO", "THREE"), c = LETTERS[1:3], a = 1:3)
merge_dfs_overwrite_col(df5, df6, "b", "a")
merge_dfs_overwrite_col(df6, df5, "b", "a")

df7 <- df(a = 1:3, b = c("one", "two", "three"))
df8 <- df(a = 1:4)
merge_dfs_overwrite_col(df7, df8, "b", "a")
merge_dfs_overwrite_col(df8, df7, "b", "a")

df9 <- df(a = 1:3, b = c("one", "two", "three"), c = 1:3)
df10 <- df(a = 1:3, b = c("ONE", NA, "THREE"), c = 4:6)
merge_dfs_overwrite_col(df9, df10, c("b", "c"), "a")
merge_dfs_overwrite_col(df10, df9, c("b", "c"), "a")