outerJoin¶

Purpose¶

Performs an outer join on two matrices based upon user-specified key columns.

Format¶

C = outerJoin(A, ca, B, cb)
Parameters: A (matrix) – matrix to join ca (scalar or vector) – key columns in A B (matrix) – matrix to join with A cb (scalar or vector) – key columns in B C (matrix) – result of join of A and B

Examples¶

Basic example¶

A = { 1 1.1,
2 2.2,
3 3.3 };

B = { 1  9,
3 27 };

// Perform left outer-join, using the first
// columns of 'A' and 'B' as key columns
C = outerJoin(A, 1, B, 1);


After the code above, C equals:

1.0 1.1 9.0
2.0 2.2   .
3.0 3.3  27


Join on two columns¶

A = { 1 3.1 12 0.5,
3 1.2 15 0.6,
5 4.4 19 1.1,
2 6.9 11 0.9 };

B = { 7 20 0.3 5,
2 12 1.1 1,
9 15 0.1 3 };

a_keys = { 1, 3 };
b_keys = { 4, 2 };

// Perform a left-outer join on A and B, based on matches
// from the 1st column of A with the 4th column of B
// and the 3rd column of A with the 2nd column of B
C = outerJoin(A, a_keys, B, b_keys);


After the code above, C equals:

1 3.1 12 0.5 2 1.1
3 1.2 15 0.6 9 0.1
5 4.4 19 1.1 .   .
2 6.9 11 0.9 .   .


Remarks¶

By default, outerJoin() performs a left outer-join, retaining only the key columns from the first input matrix.

The first columns of the output matrix C will be the columns of A in the same order as in A. The remaining columns of C will be the columns of B with the key columns removed.

Functions innerJoin()