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Tips on surviving R

DavidMSmith
Last updated: 2009/10/15 at 4:47 PM
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John Mount from Win-Vector LLC gave a very interesting and entertaining talk at this week’s Bay Area User Group Meeting, with seven tips for “surviving” R (based on a post on his blog). His recommendations include:

  • Keep extensive written notes
  • Find a way to search for R answers
  • Learn to convert complex objects to canonical forms with unclass()
  • Learn how to find and inspect classes and methods for objects
  • Learn how to clear pesky attributes from objects
  • Swallow your pride (which I interpret as the equivalent to Tim Gunn‘s “Make it work!”)
  • Learn and use R’s many one-line idioms, rather than reinventing the wheel.

It’s always interesting to me how people approach the R language differently, and especially for those coming to R for languages where concepts like classes and attributes can seem a little arcane in R. This is a good guide for escaping some of those early “gotcha” moments. Check out all the details in the post linked below.

Win-Vector Blog: Survive R

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John Mount from Win-Vector LLC gave a very interesting and entertaining talk at this week’s Bay Area User Group Meeting, with seven tips for “surviving” R (based on a post on his blog). His recommendations include:

  • Keep extensive written notes
  • Find a way to search for R answers
  • Learn to convert complex objects to canonical forms with unclass()
  • Learn how to find and inspect classes and methods for objects
  • Learn how to clear pesky attributes from objects
  • Swallow your pride (which I interpret as the equivalent to Tim Gunn‘s “Make it work!”)
  • Learn and use R’s many one-line idioms, rather than reinventing the wheel.

It’s always interesting to me how people approach the R language differently, and especially for those coming to R for languages where concepts like classes and attributes can seem a little arcane in R. This is a good guide for escaping some of those early “gotcha” moments. Check out all the details in the post linked below.

Win-Vector Blog: Survive R

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DavidMSmith October 15, 2009
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