HI, In cases like below: DataA<- read.table(text=" ID,Status,Date1,Date2 1,A,3-Feb-01,15-May-01 1,B,15-May-01,16-May-01 1,A,16-May-01,3-Sep-01 1,B,3-Sep-01,13-Sep-01 1,C,13-Sep-01,26-Feb-04 2,A,9-Feb-01,24-May-01 2,B,24-May-01,25-May-01 2,A,25-May-01,16-Mar-02 2,A,6-Mar-02,18-Mar-02 2,A,14-Sep-01,6-Mar-02 ",sep=",",header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE) library(stringr) DataA[,3]<- str_trim(DataA[,3]) DataA[,4]<- str_trim(DataA[,4]) DataB<- read.table(text=" ID Date.Accident 1 3-Sep-01 1 20-Jan-05 1 26-Feb-04 2 25-May-01 2 6-Mar-02 ",sep="",header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE) DataB[,2]<- str_trim(DataB[,2])
#Needed modification in the 2nd method: dataNew2<-do.call(rbind,lapply(unique(DataA$ID),function(i){x1<- DataA[DataA$ID==i,]; x2<- DataB[DataB$ID==i,]; do.call(rbind,lapply(seq_len(nrow(x2)),function(i) {x3<- unlist(mapply(function(x,y) which(x==y), x1[,3:4],x2[i,2])); x4<- if(length(x3)==2) x1[x3[which.min(x3)],!names(x1)%in%names(x3[which.max(x3)])] else if(length(x3)==1) x1[x3,c("ID","Status",names(x3))] else NULL; if(length(x4)>0) {colnames(x4)[3]<- colnames(DataB)[2]; x4} else NULL})) })) library(plyr) res2<- join(dataNew2,DataB,by=c("Date.Accident","ID"),type="right") res2 # Date.Accident ID Status #1 3-Sep-01 1 A #2 20-Jan-05 1 <NA> #3 26-Feb-04 1 C #4 25-May-01 2 B #5 6-Mar-02 2 A Using the first method: lst1<-lapply(seq_len(nrow(DataB)),function(i) {x1<-unlist(mapply(function(x,y) which(x==y),DataA[,3:4],DataB[i,2]));x2<-if(length(x1)==2) DataA[x1[which.min(x1)],!names(DataA)%in%names(x1[which.max(x1)])] else if(length(x1)==1) DataA[x1,c("ID","Status",names(x1))] else NULL}) lst2<-lapply(lst1,data.frame) lst2<-lst2[lapply(lst2,nrow)!=0] library(plyr) dataNew<-do.call(rbind,lapply(lst2,function(x) {colnames(x)[3]<- colnames(DataB)[2];x})) res<-join(dataNew,DataB,by=c("Date.Accident","ID"),type="right") identical(res,res2) #[1] TRUE A.K. ----- Original Message ----- From: arun <smartpink...@yahoo.com> To: farnoosh sheikhi <farnoosh...@yahoo.com> Cc: R help <r-help@r-project.org> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 12:41 AM Subject: Re: Comparison of Date format Hi, In the example you provided, it looks like the dates in Date2 happens first. So, I changed it a bit. DataA<- read.table(text=" ID,Status,Date1,Date2 1,A,3-Feb-01,15-May-01 1,B,15-May-01,16-May-01 1,A,16-May-01,3-Sep-01 1,B,3-Sep-01,13-Sep-01 1,C,13-Sep-01,26-Feb-04 2,A,9-Feb-01,24-May-01 2,B,24-May-01,25-May-01 2,A,25-May-01,16-Mar-02 2,A,6-Mar-02,18-Mar-02 2,A,14-Sep-01,6-Mar-02 ",sep=",",header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE) library(stringr) DataA[,3]<- str_trim(DataA[,3]) DataA[,4]<- str_trim(DataA[,4]) DataB<- read.table(text=" ID Date.Accident 1 3-Sep-01 1 20-Jan-05 1 26-Feb-04 2 6-Mar-02 ",sep="",header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE) lst1<-lapply(seq_len(nrow(DataB)),function(i) {x1<-unlist(mapply(function(x,y) which(x==y),DataA[,3:4],DataB[i,2]));x2<-if(length(x1)==2) DataA[x1[which.min(x1)],!names(DataA)%in%names(x1[which.max(x1)])] else if(length(x1)==1) DataA[x1,c("ID","Status",names(x1))] else NULL}) lst2<-lapply(lst1,data.frame) lst2<-lst2[lapply(lst2,nrow)!=0] lst2 #[[1]] # ID Status Date2 #3 1 A 3-Sep-01 #[[2]] # ID Status Date2 #5 1 C 26-Feb-04 #[[3]] # ID Status Date1 #9 2 A 6-Mar-02 library(plyr) dataNew<-do.call(rbind,lapply(lst2,function(x) {colnames(x)[3]<- colnames(DataB)[2];x})) res<-join(dataNew,DataB,by=c("Date.Accident","ID"),type="right") res # Date.Accident ID Status #1 3-Sep-01 1 A #2 20-Jan-05 1 <NA> #3 26-Feb-04 1 C #4 6-Mar-02 2 A #or you can split by ID lst1New<-lapply(unique(DataA$ID),function(i){x1<- DataA[DataA$ID==i,]; x2<- DataB[DataB$ID==i,]; do.call(rbind,lapply(seq_len(nrow(x2)),function(i) {x3<- unlist(mapply(function(x,y) which(x==y), x1[,3:4],x2[i,2])); x4<- if(length(x3)==2) x1[x3[which.min(x3)],!names(x1)%in%names(x3[which.max(x3)])] else if(length(x3)==1) x1[x3,c("ID","Status",names(x3))] else NULL})) }) lst1New #[[1]] # ID Status Date2 #3 1 A 3-Sep-01 #5 1 C 26-Feb-04 #[[2]] # ID Status Date1 #9 2 A 6-Mar-02 dataNew1<- do.call(rbind,lapply(lst1New,function(x) {colnames(x)[3]<- colnames(DataB)[2];x})) res1<- join(dataNew1,DataB,by=c("Date.Accident","ID"),type="right") res1 # Date.Accident ID Status #1 3-Sep-01 1 A #2 20-Jan-05 1 <NA> #3 26-Feb-04 1 C #4 6-Mar-02 2 A A.K. ________________________________ From: farnoosh sheikhi <farnoosh...@yahoo.com> To: "smartpink...@yahoo.com" <smartpink...@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 5:40 PM Subject: Comparison of Date format Hi there, Hope all is well. I have a complicated data and I need to create a new variable based on the date and description of the data. I really appreciate if you can help me. Here is how data look like: DataA DataB ID Status Date1 Date2 ID Date.Accident Result 1 A 3-Feb-01 15-May-01 1 3-Sep-01 A 1 B 15-May-01 16-May-01 1 20-Jan-05 NA 1 A 16-May-01 3-Sep-01 1 B 3-Sep-01 13-Sep-01 1 C 13-Sep-01 26-Feb-04 2 A 9-Feb-01 24-May-01 2 6-Mar-02 A 2 B 24-May-01 25-May-01 2 A 25-May-01 6-Mar-02 2 A 6-Mar-02 18-Mar-02 I want to compare dataA to B for each ID. if Date 1 or Date 2 matches to Date.Accident return the result as status in dataA as a new result in Data B. The trick here is I have two dates that are matched, but I want the status of the one that happen first. The sample size of each data is not the same. I really appreciate your time and help. Thanks. ______________________________________________ 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.