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diff --git a/r.html.markdown b/r.html.markdown index b59fc29c..d3d725d3 100644 --- a/r.html.markdown +++ b/r.html.markdown @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ filename: learnr.r R is a statistical computing language. It has lots of libraries for uploading and cleaning data sets, running statistical procedures, and making graphs. You can also run `R` commands within a LaTeX document. -```python +```r # Comments start with number symbols. @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ c(3,3,3,2,2,1) # 3 3 3 2 2 1 # You can also have infinitely large or small numbers class(Inf) # "numeric" class(-Inf) # "numeric" -# You might use "Inf", for example, in integrate( dnorm(x), 3, Inf); +# You might use "Inf", for example, in integrate(dnorm, 3, Inf); # this obviates Z-score tables. # BASIC ARITHMETIC @@ -229,6 +229,13 @@ FALSE != FALSE # FALSE FALSE != TRUE # TRUE # Missing data (NA) is logical, too class(NA) # "logical" +# Use | and & for logic operations. +# OR +TRUE | FALSE # TRUE +# AND +TRUE & FALSE # FALSE +# You can test if x is TRUE +isTRUE(TRUE) # TRUE # Here we get a logical vector with many elements: c('Z', 'o', 'r', 'r', 'o') == "Zorro" # FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE c('Z', 'o', 'r', 'r', 'o') == "Z" # TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE @@ -236,11 +243,12 @@ c('Z', 'o', 'r', 'r', 'o') == "Z" # TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE # FACTORS # The factor class is for categorical data # Factors can be ordered (like childrens' grade levels) or unordered (like gender) -factor(c("female", "female", "male", "NA", "female")) -# female female male NA female -# Levels: female male NA +factor(c("female", "female", "male", NA, "female")) +# female female male <NA> female +# Levels: female male # The "levels" are the values the categorical data can take -levels(factor(c("male", "male", "female", "NA", "female"))) # "female" "male" "NA" +# Note that missing data does not enter the levels +levels(factor(c("male", "male", "female", NA, "female"))) # "female" "male" # If a factor vector has length 1, its levels will have length 1, too length(factor("male")) # 1 length(levels(factor("male"))) # 1 @@ -251,6 +259,7 @@ levels(infert$education) # "0-5yrs" "6-11yrs" "12+ yrs" # NULL # "NULL" is a weird one; use it to "blank out" a vector class(NULL) # NULL +parakeet = c("beak", "feathers", "wings", "eyes") parakeet # => # [1] "beak" "feathers" "wings" "eyes" |