How to check if two data frames are equal [duplicate]
As Metrics pointed out, one could also use identical()
to compare the datasets. The difference between this approach and that of Codoremifa is that identical()
will just yield TRUE
of FALSE
, depending whether the objects being compared are identical or not, whereas all.equal()
will either return TRUE
or hints about the differences between the objects. For instance, consider the following:
> identical(df1, df3)[1] FALSE> all.equal(df1, df3)[1] "Attributes: < Component 2: Numeric: lengths (5, 6) differ >" [2] "Component 1: Numeric: lengths (5, 6) differ" [3] "Component 2: Lengths: 5, 6" [4] "Component 2: Attributes: < Component 2: Lengths (5, 6) differ (string compare on first 5) >"[5] "Component 2: Lengths (5, 6) differ (string compare on first 5)"
Moreover, from what I've tested identical()
seems to run much faster than all.equal()
.