R - Create a new variable where each observation depends on another table and other variables in the data frame

Question

I have the two following tables:

df <- data.frame(eth = c(\"A\",\"B\",\"B\",\"A\",\"C\"),ZIP1 = c(1,1,2,3,5))
Inc <- data.frame(ZIP2 = c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7)         


        

Answer 1

Another option:

library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
Inc %>%
  gather(eth, value, -ZIP2) %>%
  left_join(df, ., by = c("eth", "ZIP1" = "ZIP2"))