compareDiff
with the original newData or oldData.The newData/oldData are merged
with diffData based on the columns of diffData
excepted 'Comparison type' and 'Version'.
mergeDiffWithData(diffData, newData, oldData)The newData or oldData (as a data frame object)
with the extra column 'Comparison type' specifying the type
of change, either:
'Change': record present in both dataset based on the reference variables, but with changes in the changeable variables
'Addition': records present in new but not in old data
'Removal': records present in old but not in new data
'Identical': records identical in the old and new datasets (on both the reference and changeable variables)
Object of class 'diff.data' containing
differences between datasets, as returned by the compareDiff function.
data.frame object representing the new data
data.frame object representing the old data