Is it possible to merge by multiple column in df_a
For example if I have df_a and df_b, where my df_a is looking like
SKS1 SKS2
UXCC77 NA
UXCC00 NA
UXCC00 UXCD00
UXCD00 NA
UXCD60 NA
UXME10 NA
and df_b is have the descriptions for my SKS codes.
SKS desc
UXCC77 Left Leg
UXCC00 Right Leg
UXCD00 Right Arm
UXCD60 Left Arm
UXME10 Head
and etc.
I wish to do something like
new_df <- merge(x = df_a, y = df_b, by.x = paste0("SKS", 1:ncol(df_a)), by.y = "SKS", all.x = TRUE)
So that my output is
SKS1 SKS2 Desc1 Desc2
UXCC77 NA Left Leg NA
UXCC00 NA Right Leg NA
UXCC00 UXCD00 Right Leg Right Arm
UXCD00 NA Right Arm NA
UXCD60 NA Left Arm NA
UXME10 NA Head NA
or with only one desc where a "/" is seperating the descriptions.
So that my output is
SKS1 SKS2 Desc1
UXCC77 NA "Left Leg"
UXCC00 NA "Right Leg"
UXCC00 UXCD00 "Right Leg"/"Right Arm"
UXCD00 NA "Right Arm"
UXCD60 NA "Left Arm"
UXME10 NA "Head"
dput of df_a
structure(list(SKS_koder_samlet = structure(c(3L, 1L, 2L, 4L,
5L, 6L), .Label = c("UXCC00", "UXCC00/UXCD00", "UXCC77", "UXCD00",
"UXCD60", "UXME10"), class = "factor"), SKS1 = structure(c(2L,
1L, 1L, 3L, 4L, 5L), .Label = c("UXCC00", "UXCC77", "UXCD00",
"UXCD60", "UXME10"), class = "factor"), SKS2 = structure(c(NA,
NA, 3L, NA, NA, NA), .Label = c("UXCC00", "UXCC77", "UXCD00",
"UXCD60", "UXME10"), class = "factor")), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
-6L))