`merge` for filters

Merge the input with a record or table, overwriting values in matching columns.

Signature

> merge {flags} (value)

Parameters

value: The new value to merge with.

Input/output types:

input	output
record	record
table	table

Examples

Add an 'id' column to the input table

> [a b c] | wrap name | merge ( [47 512 618] | wrap id )
╭───┬──────┬─────╮
│ # │ name │ id  │
├───┼──────┼─────┤
│ 0 │ a    │  47 │
│ 1 │ b    │ 512 │
│ 2 │ c    │ 618 │
╰───┴──────┴─────╯

Merge two records

> {a: 1, b: 2} | merge {c: 3}
╭───┬───╮
│ a │ 1 │
│ b │ 2 │
│ c │ 3 │
╰───┴───╯

Merge two tables, overwriting overlapping columns

> [{columnA: A0 columnB: B0}] | merge [{columnA: 'A0*'}]
╭───┬─────────┬─────────╮
│ # │ columnA │ columnB │
├───┼─────────┼─────────┤
│ 0 │ A0*     │ B0      │
╰───┴─────────┴─────────╯

Notes

You may provide a column structure to merge