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taxotools (version 0.0.43)

match_lists: match two taxonomic lists

Description

match two taxonomic lists using canonical names

Usage

match_lists(master, checklist, masterfld, checklistfld)

Arguments

master

master taxonomic list

checklist

match taxonomic list

masterfld

field name for canonical name in master list

checklistfld

field name for canonical name in match list

Value

a list with data frames containing matched records, records only in master and cheklist and statistics about the records including Jaccard index

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
master <- data.frame("canonical" = c("Abrothrix longipilis",
                                    "Acodon hirtus",
                                    "Akodon longipilis apta",
                                    "Akodon longipilis castaneus",
                                    "Chroeomys jelskii",
                                    "Acodon jelskii pyrrhotis"),
                    stringsAsFactors = F)
checklist <- data.frame("canonical" = c("Abrothrix longipilis",
                                    "Akodon longipilis apta",
                                    "Akodon longipilis castaneus",
                                    "Abrothrix jelskii",
                                    "Acodon jelskii pyrrhotis"),
                    stringsAsFactors = F)
match_lists(master,checklist,"canonical","canonical")
# }

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