4 posts tagged with "R"
My journey to finding R modules
R is still my go-to language when it comes to data wrangling and analysis tasks. But I have long been frustrated that R does not offer a simple, built-in solution to use modules for organizing code into multiple files, each encapsulates…
FP for R users--more than avoiding loops
Earlier this week, I was searching for some materials for this month's R user group meeting at work. In the process, I came to a recorded webinar on functional programming led by none other than Hadley Wickham himself. The webinar focused…
Optimizing my colleague's R code
A little more than a year ago, I started an R user group at work. It was originally intended as a continuation of a six-week R workshop I prepared and gave. Since then, the user group has been meeting once a month to share interesting…
A tale of three languages
Though I'm still not much more than a self-taught amateur, I've so far picked up about three programming languages, been using them in various contexts, and now feel confident in considering myself past the absolute beginner stage for each…