在data.table
FAQ中,该nomatch = NA
参数被称为类似于外连接。但是,我无法进行data.table
完全外连接——只有右外连接。
例如:
a <- data.table("dog" = c(8:12), "cat" = c(15:19))
dog cat
1: 8 15
2: 9 16
3: 10 17
4: 11 18
5: 12 19
b <- data.table("dog" = 1:10, "bullfrog" = 11:20)
dog bullfrog
1: 1 11
2: 2 12
3: 3 13
4: 4 14
5: 5 15
6: 6 16
7: 7 17
8: 8 18
9: 9 19
10: 10 20
setkey(a, dog)
setkey(b, dog)
a[b, nomatch = NA]
dog cat bullfrog
1: 1 NA 11
2: 2 NA 12
3: 3 NA 13
4: 4 NA 14
5: 5 NA 15
6: 6 NA 16
7: 7 NA 17
8: 8 15 18
9: 9 16 19
10: 10 17 20
因此,nomatch = NA
产生一个右外连接(这是默认值)。如果我需要完全加入怎么办?例如:
merge(a, b, by = "dog", all = TRUE)
# Or with plyr:
join(a, b, by = "dog", type = "full")
dog cat bullfrog
1: 1 NA 11
2: 2 NA 12
3: 3 NA 13
4: 4 NA 14
5: 5 NA 15
6: 6 NA 16
7: 7 NA 17
8: 8 15 18
9: 9 16 19
10: 10 17 20
11: 11 18 NA
12: 12 19 NA
这可能data.table
吗?