[R] alternative to matching/merge?

[Lana Schaffer]

Greetings,
I am doing matching/merge for a table (40919x3) to data
which is in the form of a list of 1268 data.frames.  Using
lapply this is taking ~5 minutes.  I know that the match/merge
functions are time consuming, so is there an alternative to
this accomplish this goal?  is lapply not efficient?

Lana Schaffer
Biostatistics/Informatics
The Scripps Research Institute
DNA Array Core Facility
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 784-2263
(858) 784-2994
schaffer at scripps.edu