merge data with partial match in r

Question

I have two datasets

datf1 <- data.frame (name = c(\"regular\", \"kklmin\", \"notSo\", \"Jijoh\",
 \"Kish\", \"Lissp\", \"Kcn\", \"CCCa\"),
 number1 = c(1         


        

Answer 1

agrep will get you started.

something like:

lapply(tolower(datf1$name), function(x) agrep(x, tolower(datf2$name)))

then you can adjust the max.distance parameter until you get the appropriate amount of matching. then merge however you like.