Friday, July 31, 2015

R refresher

I frequently come back to R after a hiatus and usually mix up simple commands from other languages that I use in the interval. I think that a quick refresher of the simple commands/tips would be valuable for later.



CommandExplanation
typeof()Find out object type
Difference between "=" and "<-" The "=" has a local scope while "<-" has a global scope. Seems to me that I should use the "=", also is consistent with other languages.
Difference between "[[]]" and "[]" in list Double bracket get the content, while single brackets return a list with the content as the first element