quadcleanR (version 1.1.0)

add_data: Add data to existing data frame.

Description

Using key identifying columns, add additional columns to an existing data frame. This function allows you to match new columns based on specified IDs and you can choose what columns to add. Additionally you can specify the column number at which to add the new columns, so they are not added to the end of the data frame. Helpful for adding environmental or taxonomic data to your quadrat data.

Usage

add_data(data, add, cols, data_id, add_id, number = FALSE)

Value

A data frame with added columns.

Arguments

data

A data frame you want to add columns to.

add

A data frame with columns you want to add to data.

cols

The column names from add that you wish to add to data.

data_id

The ID column in data that will be used to match rows in add.

add_id

The ID column in add that will be used to match rows in data.

number

The column number to start at to add the new columns, so they are not added to the end of the data frame. If not specified they will be added to the end of the data frame by default.

Examples

Sites <- as.factor(c("One", "One", "One", "Two", "Two", "Three"))
Transect <- as.factor(c("1-Deep", "1-Shallow", "2-Shallow", "1-Shallow", "1-Deep", "1"))
coral_name <- c("Acropora.sp", "Leptastrea.sp", "Sinularia.sp", "Psammocora.sp", "
    Psammocora.sp", "Leptastrea.sp")
prop_cover <- c(0.1, 0.6, 0.4, 0.9, 0.2, 0.5)
coral_cover <- data.frame(Sites, Transect, coral_name, prop_cover)

corals <- c("Acropora.sp", "Leptastrea.sp", "Psammocora.sp")
lifehistory <- c("compeditive", "weedy",  "stresstolerant")
functionalgroup <- c("hardcoral", "hardcoral", "hardcoral")
coral_info <- data.frame(corals, lifehistory, functionalgroup)

add_data(data = coral_cover, add = coral_info, cols = c("lifehistory", "functionalgroup"),
         data_id = "coral_name", add_id = "corals", number = 4)