Jul 22, 2016 · Then trying to explain to myself some "quirky" results I wrote this R script below. I had read that the remainder or result of modulo operator is supposed to be always positive, …

There are some differences between <- and = in the past version of R or even the predecessor language of R (S language). But currently, it seems using = only like any other modern …

Feb 20, 2013 · Use of ~ (tilde) in R programming Language Asked 12 years, 10 months ago Modified 4 years, 9 months ago Viewed 198k times

I'd like to know how to learn the R language as as 'programming' language as opposed to learning it as a statistical system. My question is prompted by lack of understanding of such functions …

Aug 9, 2016 · Consider the code below: k &lt;- c(.5, 1) What does c do here? I think it must be a list or vector. If it is, how can I extend this vector to contain 1024 values?

The longer form evaluates left to right examining only the first element of each vector. Evaluation proceeds only until the result is determined. The longer form is appropriate for programming …

Nov 4, 2009 · 10 You can build a compiler or interpreter for any programming language. In general, the language itself is not compiled or interpreted. So, R could be either interpreted or …

Jul 15, 2012 · The help file states that the function combines objects, but c actually stands for concatenate. concatenate is also mentioned in the help file. "...: objects to be concatenated." I …

Jul 27, 2018 · 10 I can’t speculate on R’s reasons for allowing left-to-right assignment. And it’s certainly true that most programming languages (nearly all, in fact) perform only right-to-left …

According to the R language definition, the difference between & and && (correspondingly | and ||) is that the former is vectorized while the latter is not. According to the help text, I