[R] Union of two data frames

[Kartik Pappu]

Hi,

I have two data frames each with 5 columns and different number of
rows.  some of the row names in one data frame are the same as the row
names in the other.  I want to be able to merge the two data frames to
get a new data frame in which the duplicated row names are only shown
once with the data for the rest of the columns used from the first
data frame.

Essentially, I want to make a union of the two data frames. I hope
this question makes sense.

Thanks