Join data frame into one in r - r

Question

I have 4 data frames that all look like this:
Product 2018
Number
Minimum
Maximum
1
56
1
5
2
42
12
16
3
6523
23
56
4
123
23
102
5
56
23
64
6
245623
56
87
7
546
25
540
8
54566
253
560
Product 2019
Number
Minimum
Maximum
1
56
32
53
2
642
423
620
3
56423
432
560
4
3
431
802
5
2
2
6
6
4523
43
68
7
555
23
54
8
55646
3
6
Product 2020
Number
Minimum
Maximum
1
23
2
5
2
342
4
16
3
223
3
5
4
13
4
12
5
2
4
7
6
223
7
8
7
5
34
50
8
46
3
6
Product 2021
Number
Minimum
Maximum
1
234
3
5
2
3242
4
16
3
2423
43
56
4
123
43
102
5
24
4
6
6
2423
4
18
7
565
234
540
8
5646
23
56
I want to join all the tables so I get a table that looks like this:
Products
Number 2021
Min-Max 2021
Number 2020
Min-Max 2020
Number 2019
Min-Max 2019
Number 2018
Min-Max 2018
1
234
3 to 5
23
2 to 5
...
...
...
...
2
3242
4 to 16
342
4 to 16
...
...
...
...
3
2423
43 to 56
223
3 to 5
...
...
...
...
4
123
43 to 102
13
4 to 12
...
...
...
...
5
24
4 to 6
2
4 to 7
...
...
...
...
6
2423
4 to 18
223
7 to 8
...
...
...
...
7
565
234 to 540
5
34 to 50
...
...
...
...
8
5646
23 to 56
46
3 to 6
...
...
...
...
The Product for all years are the same so I would like to have a data frame that contains the number for each year as a column and joins the column for minimum and maximum as one.
Any help is welcome!

Answer 1

How about something like this. You are trying to join several dataframes by a single column, which is relatively straight forward using full_join. The difficulty is that you are trying to extract information from the column names and combine several columns at the same time. I would map out everying you want to do and then reduce the list of dataframes at the end. Here is an example with two dataframes, but you could add as many as you want to the list at the begining.
library(tidyverse)
#test data
set.seed(23)
df1 <- tibble("Product 2018" = seq(1:8),
Number = sample(1:100, 8),
Minimum = sample(1:100, 8),
Maximum = map_dbl(Minimum, ~sample(.x:1000, 1)))
set.seed(46)
df2 <- tibble("Product 2019" = seq(1:8),
Number = sample(1:100, 8),
Minimum = sample(1:100, 8),
Maximum = map_dbl(Minimum, ~sample(.x:1000, 1)))
list(df1, df2) |>
map(\(x){
year <- str_extract(colnames(x)[1], "\\d+?$")
mutate(x, !!quo_name(paste0("Min-Max ", year)) := paste(Minimum, "to", Maximum))|>
rename(!!quo_name(paste0("Number ", year)) := Number)|>
rename_with(~gsub("\\s\\d+?$", "", .), 1) |>
select(-c(Minimum, Maximum))
}) |>
reduce(full_join, by = "Product")
#> # A tibble: 8 x 5
#> Product `Number 2018` `Min-Max 2018` `Number 2019` `Min-Max 2019`
#> <int> <int> <chr> <int> <chr>
#> 1 1 29 21 to 481 50 93 to 416
#> 2 2 28 17 to 314 78 7 to 313
#> 3 3 72 40 to 787 1 91 to 205
#> 4 4 43 36 to 557 47 55 to 542
#> 5 5 45 70 to 926 52 76 to 830
#> 6 6 34 96 to 645 70 20 to 922
#> 7 7 48 31 to 197 84 6 to 716
#> 8 8 17 86 to 951 99 75 to 768

Answer 2

This is a similar answer, but includes bind_rows to combine the data.frames, then pivot_wider to end in a wide format.
The first steps strip the year from the Product XXXX column name, as this carries relevant information on year for that data.frame. If that column is renamed as Product they are easily combined (with a separate column containing the Year). If this step can be taken earlier in the data collection or processing timeline, it is helpful.
library(tidyverse)
list(df1, df2, df3, df4) %>%
map(~.x %>%
mutate(Year = gsub("Product", "", names(.x)[1])) %>%
rename(Product = !!names(.[1]))) %>%
bind_rows() %>%
mutate(Min_Max = paste(Minimum, Maximum, sep = " to ")) %>%
pivot_wider(id_cols = Product, names_from = Year, values_from = c(Number, Min_Max), names_vary = "slowest")
Output
Product Number_2018 Min_Max_2018 Number_2019 Min_Max_2019 Number_2020 Min_Max_2020 Number_2021 Min_Max_2021
<int> <int> <chr> <int> <chr> <int> <chr> <int> <chr>
1 1 56 1 to 5 56 32 to 53 23 2 to 5 234 3 to 5
2 2 42 12 to 16 642 423 to 620 342 4 to 16 3242 4 to 16
3 3 6523 23 to 56 56423 432 to 560 223 3 to 5 2423 43 to 56
4 4 123 23 to 102 3 431 to 802 13 4 to 12 123 43 to 102
5 5 56 23 to 64 2 2 to 6 2 4 to 7 24 4 to 6
6 6 245623 56 to 87 4523 43 to 68 223 7 to 8 2423 4 to 18
7 7 546 25 to 540 555 23 to 54 5 34 to 50 565 234 to 540
8 8 54566 253 to 560 55646 3 to 6 46 3 to 6 5646 23 to 56