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MultiJoin (version 0.1.1)

Enables Efficient Joining of Data File on Common Fields using the Unix Utility Join

Description

Wrapper around the Unix join facility which is more efficient than the built-in R routine merge(). The package enables the joining of multiple files on disk at once. The files can be compressed and various filters can be deployed before joining. Compiles only under Unix.

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Install

install.packages('MultiJoin')

Monthly Downloads

161

Version

0.1.1

License

GPL

Maintainer

Markus Loecher

Last Published

November 15th, 2018

Functions in MultiJoin (0.1.1)

LeftJoinPairs

create command to left join lines of two files on a common field with no further options
FullJoinPairs

create command to fully join lines of two files on a common field
FullJoin

create command to fully join multiple (more than 2) files
ArtificialData

create artificial data for testing
MakeFIFOs

creates named Unix pipes, which gzipped files can be streamed to for e.g. further joins
CountColumns

count columns of files