Dear R users,
I am interested in taking the columns from multiple dataframes, the
problem is that the different dataframes have different combinations
of the same variable names, here's a simple example:
a<-rep(1:10)
b<-rep(1:10)
c<-rep(21:30)
d<-rep(31:40)
dat.a<-data.frame(a,b,c,d)
names(dat.a)<-c("a", "b", "c", "d")
dat.b<-data.frame(a,c,d)
names(dat.b)<-c("a", "c", "d")
I would like to first see if the names in the larger dataframe match
those of the smaller (they have the same variables)
names(dat.a)%in%names(dat.b)
Could anyone help with this problem, I would basically like to form a
subset of the dat.a that matches the variable names in dat.b. If
there were only a few variables, this would be easier, but I have
between 4 and 5 thousand variables in each dataset
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Corey
Corey Sparks
Assistant Professor
Department of Demography and Organization Studies
University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Public Policy
501 West Durango Blvd
Monterey Building 2.270C
San Antonio, TX 78207
210 458 3166
corey.sparks 'at' utsa.edu
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