[R] Append/merge

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

"Debra Taylor" <debrat at bestweb.net> writes:

> I have a question about stacking datasets.
> 
> I have 40 stata datasets that have exactly the same number of variables,
> with the same names (~420k rows, 8 columns).
> 
> The datasets are relatively large ~ 15 megs.
> 
> If they were text files a linux "cat file1 file2 >> combo" sort of
> strategy would work.
> 
> I've considered using a merge command, but I don't want any records
> merged, only appended. Also, I don't want any variables to be renamed.
> Given there unique nature, using a simple
> merge(read.dta('file1'),read.dta('file2')) would give me (I think) what
> I am looking for but seems incredibly inefficient.
> 
> There are a number of ways I could approach this all of which involve a
> non-R solution.  
> 
> Does somebody have an R solution in mind?

rbind?

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