strvalidator (version 2.4.1)

addData: Adds New Data Columns to a Data Frame

Description

Adds values from columns in 'new.data' to 'data' by keys.

Usage

addData(
  data,
  new.data,
  by.col,
  then.by.col = NULL,
  exact = TRUE,
  ignore.case = TRUE,
  what = NULL,
  debug = FALSE
)

Value

data.frame the original data frame containing additional columns.

Arguments

data

Data frame containing your main data.

new.data

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

by.col

character, primary key column.

then.by.col

character, secondary key column.

exact

logical, TRUE matches keys exact.

ignore.case

logical, TRUE ignore case.

what

character vector defining columns to add. Default is all new columns.

debug

logical indicating printing debug information.

Details

Information in columns in data frame 'new.data' is added to data frame 'data' based on primary key value in column 'by.col', and optionally on secondary key values in column 'then.by.col'.

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, new.data = y, by.col = "Marker")
print(x)
print(y)
print(z)