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ppendemic (version 0.1.8)

fuzzy_match_genus: Fuzzy Match Genus Name

Description

This function performs a fuzzy match of genus names against the ppendemic database using fuzzyjoin::stringdist() to account for slight variations in spelling.

Usage

fuzzy_match_genus(df, target_df = NULL)

Value

A tibble with two additional columns:

  • fuzzy_match_genus: A logical column indicating whether the genus was successfully matched (TRUE) or not (FALSE).

  • fuzzy_genus_dist: A numeric column representing the distance for each match.

Arguments

df

A tibble containing the genus names to be matched.

target_df

A tibble representing the ppendemic database containing the reference list of endemic species.