econid (version 0.0.1)

match_entities_with_patterns: Match entities with patterns using fuzzyjoin

Description

Given a data frame and a vector of target columns, perform regex matching on the target columns until all entities are matched or we run out of columns to match. Warn about ambiguous matches (duplicate entity_id values). Return a data frame mapping the target columns to the entity patterns.

Usage

match_entities_with_patterns(
  data,
  target_cols,
  patterns,
  warn_ambiguous = TRUE
)

Value

A data frame with the unique combinations of the target columns mapped to the entity patterns

Arguments

data

A data frame containing the columns to match

target_cols

Character vector of column names to match

patterns

Data frame containing entity patterns; if NULL, uses list_entity_patterns()

warn_ambiguous

Logical; whether to warn about ambiguous matches