Overview
- Updated to cover latest R 4.x features
- Learn R to write your own functions and analyze data
- Source code can be downloaded from https://github.com/Apress/r4-quick-syntax-reference
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About this book
This handy reference book detailing the intricacies of R covers version 4.x features, including numerous and significant changes to syntax, strings, reference counting, grid units, and more.
Starting with the basic structure of R, the book takes you on a journey through the terminology used in R and the syntax required to make R work. You will find looking up the correct form for an expression quick and easy. Some of the new material includes information on RStudio, S4 syntax, working with character strings, and an example using the Twitter API.
With a copy of the R 4 Quick Syntax Reference in hand, you will find that you are able to use the multitude of functions available in R and are even able to write your own functions to explore and analyze data.
What You Will Learn
Who This Book Is For
Those with programming experience, either new to R, or those with at least some exposure to R but who are new to the latest version.
Starting with the basic structure of R, the book takes you on a journey through the terminology used in R and the syntax required to make R work. You will find looking up the correct form for an expression quick and easy. Some of the new material includes information on RStudio, S4 syntax, working with character strings, and an example using the Twitter API.
With a copy of the R 4 Quick Syntax Reference in hand, you will find that you are able to use the multitude of functions available in R and are even able to write your own functions to explore and analyze data.
What You Will Learn
- Discover the modes and classes of R objects and how to use them
- Use both packaged and user-created functions in R
- Import/export data and create new data objects in R
- Create descriptive functions and manipulate objects in R
- Take advantage of flow control and conditional statements
- Work with packages such as base, stats, and graphics
Who This Book Is For
Those with programming experience, either new to R, or those with at least some exposure to R but who are new to the latest version.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Kinds of Objects
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Front Matter
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I/O and Manipulating Objects
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Front Matter
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Flow Control
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Front Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Margot Tollefson is a self-employed consulting statistician residing in the tiny town of Stratford in the corn and soybean fields of north-central Iowa. She started using the S-Plus language in the early 1990s and was happy to switch to R about ten years ago. Margot enjoys writing her own functions in R - to do plots and simulations, as well as to implement custom modeling and use published statistical methods. She earned her graduate degrees in statistics from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: R 4 Quick Syntax Reference
Book Subtitle: A Pocket Guide to the Language, API's and Library
Authors: Margot Tollefson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7924-3
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Margot Tollefson 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-7923-6Published: 16 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-7924-3Published: 15 March 2022
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XXII, 596
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Professional Computing, Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs, Computer Science, general