Nov 25, 2014 · I have seen the use of %>% (percent greater than percent) function in some packages like dplyr and rvest. What does it mean? Is it a way to write closure blocks in R?

As the help page says, this makes the longer form "appropriate for programming control-flow and [is] typically preferred in if clauses." So you want to use the long forms only when you are certain the …

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The longer form evaluates left to right examining only the first element of each vector. Evaluation proceeds only until the result is determined. The longer form is appropriate for programming control …

There are some differences between <- and = in the past version of R or even the predecessor language of R (S language). But currently, it seems using = only like any other modern language (python, java) …

Jul 26, 2012 · 11 I think it is because % has often be associated with the modulus operator in many programming languages. It is the case, e.g., in C, C++, C# and Java, and many other languages …

Oct 24, 2022 · Now some would consider rnorm(N <- 10, mean = 5, sd = 2) poor programming, but it is valid and you need to be aware of the differences between = and <- for assignment.

Nov 4, 2013 · I am trying to create a function to test if a given integer is a prime number, I tried using the following:

I'd like to know how to learn the R language as as 'programming' language as opposed to learning it as a statistical system. My question is prompted by lack of understanding of such functions as pa...

Mar 5, 2014 · In the book Efficient R Programming, Colin Gillespie says L is for Literal. No other reference is given though for this statement.