Learn R: Introduction

Learn the basics of R Syntax and jumpstart your journey into data analysis.

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Key Concepts

Review core concepts you need to learn to master this subject

R Logical Data Type

NA Data Type in R

Mathematical Operations in R

R Data Types

R Conditional Statements

R Comments

R’s Character Data Type

Assignment Operator in R

R Logical Data Type

The R logical data type has two possible values - TRUE or FALSE.

It is important for the capitalization to stay as shown and to make sure not to wrap the values in quotes.

Introduction to R Syntax

Lesson 1 of 1

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Why R?
Ahoy! We R excited for you to start your learning adventure with a language built for data enthusiasts! The R community is made up of people passionate about the intersection of numbers, data, anal…
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Calculations
Let’s start with the basic syntax for mathematical calculations in R. R performs addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with +, -, *, and /: # Results in “500” 573 - 74 + 1 # Results…
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Comments
Ironically, the second thing we’re going to do is show you how to tell R to ignore a part of your program. We promise it’s very useful to know how to do this. Text written in a program but not run …
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Data Types
Now that you know how to calculate basic math and add comments explaining your code, let’s dive into how R “thinks about” different types of data. In R and in programming, data types are the clas…
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Variables
Now that you know how R classifies some of the basic information types, let’s figure out how to store them. In programming, variables allow us to store information and associate that information wi…
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Vectors
We mentioned Vectors when we introduced data types earlier. In R, vectors are a list-like structure that contain items of the same data type. Take a look here: spring_months <- c(“March”, “April”…
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Conditionals
In R, we will often perform a task based on a condition. For example, if we are analyzing data for the summer, then we will only want to look at data that falls in June, July, and August. We can p…
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Comparison Operators
When writing conditional statements, sometimes we need to use different types of operators to compare values. These operators are called comparison operators. Here is a list of some handy comparis…
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Logical Operators
Working with conditionals means that we will be using logical, true or false values. In R, there are operators that work with logical values known as logical operators. We can use logical operators…
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Calling a Function
Functions are actions we can perform. R provides a number of functions, and you’ve actually been using a few of them even though you maybe didn’t realize! We call, or use, these functions by sta…
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Importing Packages
R’s popularity is also largely due to the many fantastic packages available in the language! A package is a bundle of code that makes coding certain tasks easier. There are all sorts of packages fo…
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Review
Congrats on finishing your first R lesson! Here’s a summary of some of the concepts you’ve learned: + R is a powerful statistical programming language with a large community of data enthusiasts. …
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