[R] Replacing data from one data frame to another

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Using merge() on 'mchnum' will give you a data frame with 'prev' from 
each.

You can also use match directly.  Suppose your dfs are A and B.  I think 
you want

ind <- match(B$mchnum, A$mchnum)
B$prev <- A$prev[ind]


On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Neil Leonard wrote:

> I have a data frame which contains two fields, 'prev' and 'mchnum'.
> 
> I have another data frame which also contains 'mchnum' and 'prev' and 
> some other fields. The 'prev' data in this field is corrupted and I 
> want to replace it with the data from the other data frame for matching 
> values of 'mchnum' (which are unique). Is there an easier way of doing 
> this than having two for loops and going through each field looking for 
> matching values of 'mchnum' and then replacing the 'prev' value when 
> they match.

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