【发布时间】:2017-04-17 08:46:26
【问题描述】:
我试图了解data.table 中的非等连接结果如何在on-变量的每个级别内排序的基本逻辑。
只是从一开始就说清楚:我对订单本身没有问题,或者在加入后以所需的方式对输出进行排序。但是,因为我发现所有其他 data.table 操作的输出高度一致,我怀疑在非 equi 连接中也存在一种排序模式。
我将给出两个示例,其中两个不同的“大”数据集与一个较小的数据集相连接。我试图描述输出 within 每个连接中最明显的模式,以及模式在两个数据集的连接之间 不同的实例。
library(data.table)
# the first 'large' data set
d1 <- data.table(x = c(rep(c("b", "a", "c"), each = 3), c("a", "b")),
y = c(rep(c(1, 3, 6), 3), 6, 6),
id = 1:11) # to make it easier to track the original order in the output
# x y id
# 1: b 1 1
# 2: b 3 2
# 3: b 6 3
# 4: a 1 4
# 5: a 3 5
# 6: a 6 6
# 7: c 1 7
# 8: c 3 8
# 9: c 6 9
# 10: a 6 10
# 11: b 6 11
# the small data set
d2 <- data.table(id = 1:2, val = c(4, 2))
# id val
# 1: 1 4
# 2: 2 2
第一个大数据集和小数据集on = .(y >= val)之间的非等连接。
d1[d2, on = .(y >= val)]
# x y id i.id
# 1: b 4 3 1 # Row 1-5, first match: y >= val[1]; y >= 4
# 2: a 4 6 1 # The rows within this match have the same order as the original data
# 3: c 4 9 1 # and runs consecutively from first to last match
# 4: a 4 10 1
# 5: b 4 11 1
# 6: b 2 2 2 # Row 6-13, second match: y >= val[2]; y >= 2
# 7: a 2 5 2 # The rows within this match do not have the same order as the original data
# 8: c 2 8 2 # Rather, they seem to be come in chunks (6-8, 9-11, 12-13)
# First chunk starts with the match with lowest index, y[2]
# 9: b 2 3 2
# 10: a 2 6 2
# 11: c 2 9 2
# 12: a 2 10 2
# 13: b 2 11 2
第二个“大”数据集:
d3 <- data.table(x = rep(c("a", "b", "c"), each = 3),
y = c(6, 1, 3),
id = 1:9)
# x y id
# 1: a 6 1
# 2: a 1 2
# 3: a 3 3
# 4: b 6 4
# 5: b 1 5
# 6: b 3 6
# 7: c 6 7
# 8: c 1 8
# 9: c 3 9
第二个大数据集与小数据集之间的相同非等连接:
d3[d2, on = .(y >= val)]
# x y id i.id
# 1: a 4 1 1 # Row 1-3, first match (y >= 4), similar to output above
# 2: b 4 4 1
# 3: c 4 7 1
# 4: a 2 3 2 # Row 4-9, second match (y >= 2).
# 5: b 2 6 2 # Again, rows not consecutive.
# 6: c 2 9 2 # However, now the first chunk does not start with the match with lowest index,
# y[3] instead of y[1]
# 7: a 2 1 2 # y[1] appears after y[3]
# 8: b 2 4 2 # ditto
# 9: c 2 7 2
谁能解释(1)on-variable 的每个级别内的顺序的逻辑,尤其是在 second 匹配内,其中原始顺序数据不保存在结果中。以及(2)为什么使用两个不同的数据集时,between chunks within 匹配的顺序会不同?
【问题讨论】:
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能否请您在链接到此帖子的项目页面上提出问题?谢谢..
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@Arun 好的!我去做。干杯。
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我们对 non-equi join 与 SQL 数据库进行了综合测试,它们是无序的,因此我们没有发现这样的排序问题。谢谢!
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