Is there a reason not to just rename the columns? First, you should use dput(DF1) and dput(DF2) to send your example tables to the list:
DF1 <- structure(list(year = c(1981L, 1981L, 1981L, 1981L), month = c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L), day = 1:4, product1 = c(18L, 19L, 16L, 19L), product2 = c(56L, 45L, 48L, 50L), product3 = c(20L, 22L, 28L, 21L)), .Names = c("year", "month", "day", "product1", "product2", "product3"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -4L)) DF2 <- structure(list(yr = c(1981L, 1981L, 1981L), mon = c(2L, 2L, 2L ), d = 1:3, prod = c(17L, 20L, 21L), prod2 = c(49L, 47L, 52L), prod3 = c(25L, 23L, 27L)), .Names = c("yr", "mon", "d", "prod", "prod2", "prod3"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -3L )) Assuming they are the same structure as you said: colnames(DF2) <- colnames(DF1) rbind(DF1, DF2) # year month day product1 product2 product3 # 1 1981 1 1 18 56 20 # 2 1981 1 2 19 45 22 # 3 1981 1 3 16 48 28 # 4 1981 1 4 19 50 21 # 5 1981 2 1 17 49 25 # 6 1981 2 2 20 47 23 # 7 1981 2 3 21 52 27 The attached .png image file shows you how to send plain text emails to r-help using gmail. ------------------------------------- David L Carlson Department of Anthropology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77840-4352 -----Original Message----- From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of lily li Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 12:30 PM To: R mailing list <r-help@r-project.org> Subject: [R] about combining two dataframes Hi all, I have a question about combining two data frames. For example, there are the two dataframes below, with the same structure but different column names and column lengths. How to add the values in DF2 to the end of DF1, though the column names do not match? How to add more than two? Thanks. DF1 year month day product1 product2 product3 1981 1 1 18 56 20 1981 1 2 19 45 22 1981 1 3 16 48 28 1981 1 4 19 50 21 DF2 yr mon d prod prod2 prod3 1981 2 1 17 49 25 1981 2 2 20 47 23 1981 2 3 21 52 27 I use the code below but it does not work. require(dplyr) bind_rows(DF1, DF2) or bind_cols(DF1, DF2) [[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.
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