Hi all,

I have two sets: 

dig<-c("DAVID ADAMS","PIERS AKERMAN","SHERYLE BAGWELL","JULIAN 
BAJKOWSKI","CANDIDA BAKER")

import<-c("by DAVID ADAMS","piersAKERMAN","SHERYLE BagWEL","JULIAN BAJKOWSKI 
with ","Cand BAKER","smith green")
 
 
I want to get the following result from "import" after comparing the two sets
 
result<-c("by DAVID ADAMS","piersAKERMAN","JULIAN BAJKOWSKI with ")
 
 
I created a "partialmatch" function as follow, but can not get right result.

partialmatch<- function(x, y) as.vector(y[regexpr(as.character(x), 
as.character(y), ignore.case = TRUE)>0])

result<-partialmatch(dig,import)


[1] "by DAVID ADAMS"



Thanks,

lynn


      
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