Removes observations from the data frame Sample when the observation has the identical date and value as another observation
Value
A data frame 'Sample' with the following columns:
| Name | Type | Description |
| Date | Date | Date |
| ConcLow | numeric | Lower limit of concentration |
| ConcHigh | numeric | Upper limit of concentration |
| Uncen | integer | Uncensored data (1=TRUE, 0=FALSE) |
| ConcAve | numeric | Average concentration |
| Julian | integer | Number of days since Jan. 1, 1850 |
| Month | integer | Month of the year [1-12] |
| Day | integer | Day of the year [1-366] |
| DecYear | numeric | Decimal year |
| MonthSeq | integer | Number of months since January 1, 1850 |
| SinDY | numeric | Sine of the DecYear |
| CosDY | numeric | Cosine of the DecYear |
Examples
DecYear <- c('1985.01', '1985.01', '1985.02', '1985.02', '1985.03')
ConcHigh <- c(1,2,3,3,5)
dataInput <- data.frame(DecYear, ConcHigh, stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
Sample <- removeDuplicates(dataInput)