Thank you so much Arun:)
 




On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 6:06 PM, arun <smartpink111@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
Hi Farnoosh,

Try:
library(plyr)

res <- join(`DATA-A`,`DATA-B`,by="Var1",type="right")[,c(3,1:2,4)]
 head(res)
#  ID                       Var1   Var2 var3
#1  1 AETNA CARDINAL CARE TIER 2   <NA>   10
#2  2                  AETNA EPO Group1  110
#3  3             BLUE CARD INTE Group1    2
#4  4            BLUE CROSS AUTO Group1   25
#5  5              BLUE CROSS CA Group1   33
#6  6                   LOCKHEED Group2   40
A.K.






On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 6:03 PM, farnoosh sheikhi <farnoosh_81@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Arun,

I have two data files, DataA looks like below. I need to add Var2 to DataB (2nd data set), but not sure if I can just merge based on Var1.
Thanks for your help.


DATA-A:
Var1 Var2 
AETNA AF Group1 
AETNA BAY  Group1 
AETNA BMT Group1 
AETNA BR Group1 
AETNA CARE Group1 
AETNA  TIER 2 Group1 
AETNA EPO Group1 
BLUE CARD INTE Group1 
BLUE CROSS AUTO Group1 
BLUE CROSS CA Group1 
LOCKHEED Group2 
 OPEN PLAN Group2 
 MED GRP Group2 
 MED FOUNDATION Group2 
AETNA PMG OF SAN JOSE Group2 

DATA-B:


ID Var1 var3 
1 AETNA CARDINAL CARE TIER 2 10 
2 AETNA EPO 110 
3 BLUE CARD INTE 2 
4 BLUE CROSS AUTO 25 
5 BLUE CROSS CA 33 
6 LOCKHEED 40 
7  OPEN PLAN 55 
8  MED GRP 1 
9  MED FOUNDATION 1 
10 AETNA PMG OF SAN JOSE 0 
11 AETNA AF 22 
12 AETNA BAY  333 
13 AETNA BMT 22 
14 AETNA BR 22 
15 BLUE CARD INTE 11 
16 BLUE CARD INTE 10 








Regards, Farnoosh Sheikhi
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