This function merges two data frames based on the closest time in the specified time columns. It optionally merges using one or more matching variables (e.g., IDs). The resulting merged data frame contains the closest time matches and time differences.
Usage
Merge_ByClosestTime(
DataFrame1,
DataFrame2,
TimeVar1,
TimeVar2,
MergeBy = NULL,
is_date = FALSE
)Arguments
- DataFrame1
A data frame containing the first set of data.
- DataFrame2
A data frame containing the second set of data.
- TimeVar1
The name of the time variable in DataFrame1 (as a string).
- TimeVar2
The name of the time variable in DataFrame2 (as a string).
- MergeBy
Optional. Character vector of variable(s) to merge by. Must exist in BOTH data frames and be in the same order.
- is_date
Logical. Indicates whether the time variables are dates (TRUE) or POSIXct (FALSE).