一种方法是使用非等连接。
但是,now deleted post 中 OP 提供的样本数据集需要准备,因为位置是作为因子而不是整数给出的
library(data.table)
# prepare data
setDT(betatable, keep.rownames = "sample.id")
setDT(gene_pos)
# coerce positions from factor to integer
betatable[, pos := as.integer(as.character(pos))]
cols <- c("lower", "upper")
gene_pos[, (cols) := lapply(.SD, function(x) as.integer(as.character(x))), .SDcols = cols]
# non-equi join
betatable[gene_pos, on = .(chr, pos >= lower, pos <= upper), gene := i.gene][!is.na(gene)]
sample.id probe chr pos gene
1: sample_a 111 chr1 335 geneA
2: sample_c 200 chr2 221 geneB
3: sample_e 228 chr2 230 geneC
OP 提供的数据
column <-c("probe","chr","pos")
sample_a <- c("111","chr1","335")
sample_b <- c("115","chr1","380")
sample_c <- c("200","chr2","221")
sample_d <- c("222","chr2","226")
sample_e <- c("228","chr2","230")
betatable <-data.frame(rbind(sample_a,sample_b,sample_c,sample_d,sample_e))
colnames(betatable)<- column
gene_A <- c("geneA","chr1", "120","336")
gene_B <- c("geneB","chr2", "200","222")
gene_C <- c("geneC","chr2", "227","231")
gene_pos <- rbind(gene_A,gene_B,gene_C)
gene_pos <- data.frame(rbind(gene_A,gene_B,gene_C))
colnames(gene_pos)<-c("gene","chr","lower","upper")
betatable
probe chr pos
sample_a 111 chr1 335
sample_b 115 chr1 380
sample_c 200 chr2 221
sample_d 222 chr2 226
sample_e 228 chr2 230
gene_pos
gene chr lower upper
gene_A geneA chr1 120 336
gene_B geneB chr2 200 222
gene_C geneC chr2 227 231