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      <h1>Merge collected data</h1>
      <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/vosonlab/vosonSML/blob/HEAD/R/Merge.R" class="external-link"><code>R/Merge.R</code></a>, <a href="https://github.com/vosonlab/vosonSML/blob/HEAD/R/zzz.R" class="external-link"><code>R/zzz.R</code></a></small>
      <div class="d-none name"><code>Merge.Rd</code></div>
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    <p>Merge collected data</p>
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    <h2 id="ref-usage">Usage<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-usage"></a></h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">Merge</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">...</span>, unique <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span>, rev <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span>, writeToFile <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span>, verbose <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
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<span><span class="fu">merge_data</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">...</span>, unique <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span>, rev <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span>, writeToFile <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">FALSE</span>, verbose <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
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    <h2 id="arguments">Arguments<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arguments"></a></h2>


<dl><dt id="arg--">...<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg--"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Collect data to merge.</p></dd>


<dt id="arg-unique">unique<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-unique"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Logical. Remove duplicates based on observation id. Default is <code>TRUE</code>.</p></dd>


<dt id="arg-rev">rev<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-rev"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Logical. Reverses order of observations before removing duplicates. If collect data is provided
chronologically then this should ensure the most recent copy of a duplicate is kept. Default is <code>TRUE</code>.</p></dd>


<dt id="arg-writetofile">writeToFile<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-writetofile"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Logical. Save data to a file in the current working directory. Default is <code>FALSE</code>.</p></dd>


<dt id="arg-verbose">verbose<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-verbose"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Logical. Output additional information. Default is <code>TRUE</code>.</p></dd>

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    <h2 id="value">Value<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#value"></a></h2>
    <p>A merged Collect object.</p>
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