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Puzzles no. 439–443PuzzlesAuthor: ExcelBIAll files (xlsx with puzzle and R with solution) for each and every puzzle are available on my Github. Enjoy.Puzzle #439From time to time in ExcelBI challenges, hard puzzles come to us. And this time it was one of such situations. Input we were given was ...

Expand your data science toolkit with our “Shiny” learning path. Dive into programming your very first shiny app, ensuring its brilliance and stability before launching it into production. R Shiny facilitates data science by integrating your code wi...

The data visualization with R, ggplot2 reigns supreme. However, a well-designed legend from a plot can undermine even the most elegant plots. Legends have the power to clarify or confuse – they're the key that unlocks the insights hidden within your graphs. Learning how to remove, customize, and strategically use ggplot2 ...

Considered one of the “few general rules” in ecology, the species-area relationship (SAR) – the ubiquitous pattern indicating that larger islands or habitat patches harbor more species than smaller ones – has played a pivotal role in shaping ecological theories (Lomolino 2000, 2001, Tjørve 2003, 2009, Dias et al. 2020). These theories aim not only … Continue ...

You can read the original post in its original format on Rtask website by ThinkR here: Pimping your shiny app with a JavaScript library : an example using sweetalert2 You think that some of the components of {shiny} are not very functional or downright austere? Are you looking to implement some ...

We are excited to announce that Appsilon and Sanofi will take up the remaining two open council seats on the pharmaverse council! Appsilon will on the council be represented by Damian Rodziewicz and Sanofi by Andre Couturier. Appsilon and Op...

Waffle charts are a common way to visualise counts or percentages of categorical data. There are already several excellent ways of creating waffle charts in R - including approaches using {ggplot2} or {waffle}. This blog post uses neither of those. Instead, it describes a somewhat back-to-basics approach of simply drawing ...

Announcing the polyglotr package polyglotr The package polyglotr is tool for language translation within the R programming environment. This package stands out for its ability to integrate with a variety of free translation services, making...

I recently noticed that ggplot2 spaces date axes literally even when grouped by month. I’ve been using ggplot2 extensively for years and I don’t remember noticing before, so this is not really a big deal, but now that I know it bugs me a lot. Take a...

A while back, I introduced the __ExcelRAddIn__ ([Office365 AddIns for R (Part I)](https://adam-gladstone.github.io/r-project/Office365AddIns-for-R-part-I/)). This is an Office365 AddIn that allows you to evaluate an R-script from within Excel and use the results. This blog-post describes some of the recent updates to the ExcelRAddIn.

Last year, the R Consortium had a conversation with Amal Tlili, the co-organizer of the Tunis R User Group, regarding the Use of R for Marketing and CRM in Tunisia.... The post Bridging Gaps: Tunis R User Group’s Journey in Democratizing R in Bioinformatics appeared first on R Consortium.

R 4.4.0 (“Puppy Cup”) was released on the 24th April 2024 and it is a beauty. In time-honoured tradition, here we summarise some of the changes that caught our eyes. R 4.4.0 introduces some cool features (one of which is experimental) and makes one of our favourite {rlang} operators available in base R. ...

Harnessing the power of big data is akin to mastering an incredible energy source. In the realm of data science, R serves as both a sanctuary and a training ground where data scientists, like the legendary fighters from “Dragon Ball,” elevate their abilities to new heights. With the right tools ...

Previously, I took advantage of a dataset that linked preprints to their published counterparts to look at the fraction of papers in a journal that are preprinted. This linkage can be used to answer other interesting questions. Such as: when do authors preprint their papers relative to submission? And does ...

#175–176PuzzlesAuthor: ExcelBIAll files (xlsx with puzzle and R with solution) for each and every puzzle are available on my Github. Enjoy.Puzzle #175Sometimes even common tables tell the story. Today we have table of people that are family, but we nee...