S4 objects storing the result of links.

is.pid(x)

as.pid(x, ...)

# S3 method for pid
format(x, ...)

# S3 method for pid
unique(x, ...)

# S3 method for pid
summary(object, ...)

# S3 method for pid_summary
print(x, ...)

# S3 method for pid
as.data.frame(x, ..., decode = TRUE)

# S3 method for pid
as.list(x, ..., decode = TRUE)

# S4 method for pid
show(object)

# S4 method for pid
rep(x, ...)

# S4 method for pid
[(x, i, j, ..., drop = TRUE)

# S4 method for pid
[[(x, i, j, ..., exact = TRUE)

# S4 method for pid
c(x, ...)

Arguments

x

x

...

...

object

object

decode

If TRUE, data is decoded

i

i

j

j

drop

drop

exact

exact

Slots

sn

Unique record identifier.

.Data

Unique group identifier.

link_id

Unique reference ID for each match.

pid_cri

Match stage of the step-wise linkage.

pid_dataset

Data sources in each group.

pid_total

The number of records in each group.

iteration

The iteration when a record was matched to it's group (.Data).

Examples

# A test for pid objects
pd <- links(criteria = 1)
is.pid(pd); is.pid(2)
#> [1] TRUE
#> [1] FALSE