Introduction In this post in the R:case4base series we will examine sorting (ordering) data in base R. We will learn to sort our data based on one or multiple columns, with ascending or descending order and as always look at alternatives to base R, namely the tidyverse’s ... [Read more...]

Introduction In this post in the R:case4base series we will examine sorting (ordering) data in base R. We will learn to sort our data based on one or multiple columns, with ascending or descending order and as always look at alternatives to base R, namely the tidyverse’s ... [Read more...]

Introduction In this post in the R:case4base series we will look at string manipulation with base R, and provide an overview of a wide range of functions for our string working needs. We will use simple examples to learn to perform basic string operations, concatenate strings, work with ... [Read more...]

Introduction In this post in the R:case4base series we will look at string manipulation with base R, and provide an overview of a wide range of functions for our string working needs. We will use simple examples to learn to perform basic string operations, concatenate strings, work with ... [Read more...]

Introduction In this post we will look at yet another productivity increasing feature of the RStudio IDE - Code Snippets. Code Snippets let us easily insert and potentially execute predefined pieces of code and work not just for R code, but many other languages as well. In this post we ... [Read more...]

Introduction In this post we will look at yet another productivity increasing feature of the RStudio IDE - Code Snippets. Code Snippets let us easily insert and potentially execute predefined pieces of code and work not just for R code, but many other languages as well. In this post we ... [Read more...]

Introduction In this post in the R:case4base series we will look at one of the most common operations on multiple data frames - merge, also known as JOIN in SQL terms. We will learn how to do the 4 basic types of join - inner, left, right and full ... [Read more...]

Introduction In this post in the R:case4base series we will look at one of the most common operations on multiple data frames - merge, also known as JOIN in SQL terms. We will learn how to do the 4 basic types of join - inner, left, right and full ... [Read more...]

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Introduction Inspired by a recent post on how to import a directory of csv files at once using purrr and readr by Garrick, in this post we will try achieving the same using base R with no extra packages, and with data·table, another very popular package and as an ... [Read more...]

Introduction RStudio version 1.1 introduced the Terminal functionality, which does not seem to be getting enough deserved attention and love even though it is very well integrated with the rest of the IDE and can be extremely useful for several daily use-cases. In this post we will try to cover 4 very ... [Read more...]

Introduction RStudio version 1.1 introduced the Terminal functionality, which does not seem to be getting enough deserved attention and love even though it is very well integrated with the rest of the IDE and can be extremely useful for several daily use-cases. In this post we will try to cover 4 very ... [Read more...]

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Calling functions in R usually involves typing brackets. And since many of our actions in R involve calling a function, we will have to type a lot of brackets working with R. Often it would make our life a lot easier if we could omit the need to type brackets ... [Read more...]

Calling functions in R usually involves typing brackets. And since many of our actions in R involve calling a function, we will have to type a lot of brackets working with R. Often it would make our life a lot easier if we could omit the need to type brackets ... [Read more...]

Introduction In this summertime post in the case4base series, we will look at useful tools in base R, which let us profile our code without any extra packages needed to be installed. We will cover simple and easy to use speed profiling, more complex profiling of performance and memory ... [Read more...]

Introduction In this summertime post in the case4base series, we will look at useful tools in base R, which let us profile our code without any extra packages needed to be installed. We will cover simple and easy to use speed profiling, more complex profiling of performance and memory ... [Read more...]

Introduction Profiling our code is a very useful tool to determine how well the code performs on different metrics. The addin we will create in this article will let us use a keyboard shortcut to run profiling on R code selected in RStudio without blocking the session or requiring any ... [Read more...]

Introduction Profiling our code is a very useful tool to determine how well the code performs on different metrics. The addin we will create in this article will let us use a keyboard shortcut to run profiling on R code selected in RStudio without blocking the session or requiring any ... [Read more...]