actor_merger: added mult='first' to metadata join for parties_actors to deal with duplicate partyIds (see 50Plus, Conservatives and Labour)

4 years ago · 771145faf7
parent 1c14646e8f
commit 771145faf7
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/R/actor_merger.R
+++ b/R/actor_merger.R
@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ actor_merger <- function(df, actors_meta, actor_groups = NULL) {
      actor.first = first(sentence_id),
      actor.occ = .N
    ), by = c('id','ids')]
-    parties_actors <- actors_meta[parties_actors, on = c('ids')][!is.na(id),.(ids = str_c(ids,"_mfsa"), (.SD)), .SDcols = -c('ids')]
+    parties_actors <- actors_meta[parties_actors, on = c('ids'), mult = 'first'][!is.na(id),.(ids = str_c(ids,"_mfsa"), (.SD)), .SDcols = -c('ids')]

    ## Generate party aggregations (mfs)
    parties <- df[str_ends(ids,'_f') | str_ends(ids,'_s'),.(