Removing rows when flipped in two columns - r

Question

Considering the following data frame:
df <- data.frame(var1 = 1:5, var2 = c(5,6,7,8,1))
> df
var1 var2
1 1 5
2 2 6
3 3 7
4 4 8
5 5 1
I'd like to remove all rows whose values are flipped across the two columns. In this case, it would be row 1 and row 5 as the values 1 and 5 in row 1 are flipped to 5 and 1 in row 5. These two rows should be removed.
I hope it came clear what I am asking for :-)
Kind regards!

Answer 1

Perhaps something like this could work too:
df <- data.frame(var1 = 1:5, var2 = c(5,6,7,8,1))
df[!do.call(paste, df) %in% do.call(paste, rev(df)), ]
var1 var2
2 2 6
3 3 7
4 4 8
I'd have to test it on a few more test cases though, but the general idea is to use rev to reverse the order of the columns in "df" and paste them together and compare that with the pasted columns from "df".

Answer 2

Here's a simple but not especially elegant way: make a reversed data frame with a flag, and then merge it on to df:
# Make a reversed dataset
fd <- data.frame(var1 = df$var2, var2 = df$var1, flag = TRUE)
# Merge it onto your original df, then drop the matched rows and the flag var
df.sub <- subset(merge(x = df, y = fd, by = c("var1", "var2"), all.x = TRUE),
subset = is.na(flag),
select = c("var1", "var2"))

Answer 3

Using a bit of maths - the two rows are the same up to a permutation if the sum and absolute value of difference are the same:
df[with(df, !duplicated(data.frame(var1 + var2, abs(var1 - var2)), fromLast = TRUE)),]
# var1 var2
#1 1 5
#2 2 6
#3 3 7
#4 4 8
edit: should've read the question more carefully, to remove both duplicates, follow Ananda's suggestion:
df.ind = with(df, data.frame(var1 + var2, abs(var1 - var2)))
df[!duplicated(df.ind) & !duplicated(df.ind, fromLast = TRUE),]
# var1 var2
#2 2 6
#3 3 7
#4 4 8

Answer 4

If creating a copy doesn't cause memory issues then this works as well -
df <- data.frame(var1 = 1:5, var2 = c(5,6,7,8,1))
df2 <- data.frame(var12 = 1:5, var22 = c(5,6,7,8,1))
df3 <- merge(df,df2, by.x = 'var2', by.y = 'var12', all.x = TRUE)
df3 <- subset(
df3,
is.na(var22),
select = c('var1','var2')
)
Output:
> df3
var1 var2
3 2 6
4 3 7
5 4 8
I tried merging df with df but that gives a warning about the column var2 being duplicated. Anybody know what to do?

Answer 5

If you can assume there are no duplicates in the data frame. Here's a one line answer, but still not too concise:
df[!duplicated(rbindlist(list(df,df[,2:1])))[nrow(df) + 1:nrow(df)],]
## var1 var2
## 2 2 6
## 3 3 7
## 4 4 8
rbindlist is necessary here because rbind(df,df[,2:1]) will match by column name rather than index, so the other option is something like rbind(df,setnames(df[,2:1],names(df))). If you want to keep duplicates from the original, this gets even more unpleasant:
> df <- data.frame(var1 = 1:5, var2 = c(5,6,7,8,1))
> df<-rbind(df,c(2,6))
> df[!duplicated(rbindlist(list(df,df[,2:1])))[nrow(df)+1:nrow(df)],]
var1 var2
2 2 6
3 3 7
4 4 8
> df[!duplicated(rbindlist(list(df,df[,2:1])))[nrow(df)+1:nrow(df)] | duplicated(df),]
var1 var2
2 2 6
3 3 7
4 4 8
6 2 6