New to learning R? Here are some frequently asked questions
#R or Python? Why both?
For fun, imagine being about to code access Python modules, classes, and functions in R. Check out the reticulate package.
#What’s a tibble?
A tibble is a data structure. It is a “modern dataframe”. Tibbles are relatively new in R. Learn more about the features.
#What is the default number of digits displayed by R?
#Do spaces matter? Is there a difference between <- and < – ?
Yes! <- is used for assignment of values to variables. For example, the code below shows the value of 1 being assigned to the variable named x.
x <-1
On the other hand the following code shows that using a space between the less than sign and the minus sign has an entirely different meaning. Instead this < is used a logical operator evaluating the truth of the statement x is less than -1. The answer returned is the boolean value of FALSE. The statement is false since x has been assigned value of 1 in the statement above.
x < -1
[1] FALSE
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