Combing

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Val,

Type "combine two data sets" (text you wrote in your post) into 
www.rseek.org. The first two links are: "Quick-R: Merge" and "Merging data: 
A tutorial".  Isn't it quicker for you to use rseek, rather than the time it 
takes to write a post and wait for a reply ?  Don't you also get more 
detailed information that way too ?

You already received advice from others on this list to look at 
www.rseek.org on 26 Oct,  package 'sos' on 27 Oct, and to 'read the manuals 
and FAQs before posting' on 5 Nov.

This month you have posted 3 times : "Loop", "Renumbering" and "Combing".

References :
1. Posting Guide headings : "Do your homework before posting" and "Further 
resources"
2. Contributed Documentation e.g. 'R Reference Card' by Tom Short 
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Short-refcard.pdf.
3. Eric Raymond's essay http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. 
e.g. you posted to r-help 10 times so far,  9 of the 10 subjects were either 
a single word, or a single function name.

HTH
Matthew


"Val" <valkremk at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:cdc083ac1003290413s7e047e25lc4202568af119f91 at mail.gmail.com...

Hi all,

I want to combine two data sets (ZA and ZB to get ZAB).
The common variable between the two data sets is ID.

Data  ZA
ID F  M
1  0  0
2  0  0
3  1  2
4  1  0
5  3  2
6  5  4

Data ZB

ID  v1  v2 v3
3  2.5 3.4 302
4  8.6 2.9 317
5  9.7 4.0 325
6  7.5 1.9 296

Output (ZAB)

ID F  M  v1  v2  v3
1  0  0   -9  -9  -9
2  0  0   -9  -9  -9
3  1  2  2.5 3.4 302
4  1  0  8.6 2.9 317
5  3  2  9.7 4.0 325
6  5  4  7.5 1.9 296

Any help is highly appreciated in advance,

Val

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