[R] compare two data frames of different dimensions and only keep unique rows

[Rui Barradas]

Hello,

> 
> In fact, the only three unique rows are these ones:
> 
>  Product Price Nbr.Lots
>    Cocoa  2440        5
>    Cocoa  2450        1
>    Cocoa  2440        6
> 

The code below doesn't give the three in one step.

(ixmat <- apply(reported, 1, function(x) apply(exportfile, 1, function(y)
any(x != y))))
reported[apply(ixmat, 2, all), ]
exportfile[apply(ixmat, 1, all), ]

But it does give all three.

Problem: it's inefficient. If n1 <- nrow(reported) and  n2 <-
nrow(exportfile),
to form the index matrix alone it will make ncol times n1*n2 comparisons.
And the matrix dims are n1, n2 ...

Anyway, I hope it gives ideas,

Rui Barradas




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