``` r library(data.table) x = data.table(c(1,2,2,2,3,4,4)) y = data.table(c(2,3,4,4,4,5)) x[!y, on=names(x), mult="first"] # V1 #1: 1 #2: 2 #3: 2 #4: 4 ## expected # V1 #1: 1 ```