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join two or more data frames in system R

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My questions is how can join two or more data frames in system R?

For example:

I have two data frames:

first:

   x  y  z 1  3  2  4 2  4  5  7 3  5  6  8 

second:

   x  y  z 1  1  1  1 2  4  5  7 

I need this:

   x  y  z 1  3  2  4 2  4  5  7 3  5  6  8 4  1  1  1 5  4  5  7 

I tried to use append for each vector, like this:

for( i in 1:length(first)){

    mix[[i]]<-append(first[i], second[i])} 

f<-do.call(rbind, mix)

But It didn't work like I needed. I didn't get my matrix, i got some different structure.

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olga Avatar asked Nov 10 '10 05:11

olga


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1 Answers

You have the right idea using rbind(), but it's much more simple. If your data frames are named "first" and "second":

f <- rbind(first, second) 

And f is the new data frame.

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neilfws Avatar answered Nov 15 '22 23:11

neilfws