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Re:Tidyverse 2.0.0 by naijaboiler on Sunday April 09, 2023 @02:44PM (#35505309)
I avoid joins in R like a plague. Been burned. If I am working with a finite number of colummns, I just use base R match and add column by column. yes it breaks DRY but I don't get weird surprises. and I can re-run any section of the code at any time from any point without breaking things or joining the same and creating unintended duplicate columns
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Re:Tidyverse 2.0.0 by victorbohr on Sunday April 09, 2023 @03:10PM (#35505517)
Take a look at the powerjoin package. It let's you specify strict rules for your joins, for example requiring unique keys in the right-side table when doing a left join. It's got some other neat features as well.
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Re:Tidyverse 2.0.0 by LaserPineapple on Sunday April 09, 2023 @02:55PM (#35505385)
What kind of weird surprises have you run into? Are they specific to R?
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