Publications by Jozef's Rblog
4 ways to be more efficient using RStudio’s Code Snippets, with 11 ready to use examples
Introduction In this post we will look at yet another productivity increasing feature of the RStudio IDE – Code Snippets. Code Snippets let us easily insert and potentially execute predefined pieces of code and work not just for R code, but many other languages as well. In this post we will cover 4 different ways to increase productivity using...
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4 ways to be more efficient using RStudio’s Code Snippets, with 11 ready to use examples
Introduction In this post we will look at yet another productivity increasing feature of the RStudio IDE – Code Snippets. Code Snippets let us easily insert and potentially execute predefined pieces of code and work not just for R code, but many other languages as well. In this post we will cover 4 different ways to increase productivity using...
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How to work with strings in base R – An overview of 20+ methods for daily use
Introduction In this post in the R:case4base series we will look at string manipulation with base R, and provide an overview of a wide range of functions for our string working needs. We will use simple examples to learn to perform basic string operations, concatenate strings, work with substrings, switch cases, quote, find and replace within st...
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How to work with strings in base R – An overview of 20+ methods for daily use.
Introduction In this post in the R:case4base series we will look at string manipulation with base R, and provide an overview of a wide range of functions for our string working needs. We will use simple examples to learn to perform basic string operations, concatenate strings, work with substrings, switch cases, quote, find and replace within st...
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How to sort data by one or more columns with base R, dplyr and data.table
Introduction In this post in the R:case4base series we will examine sorting (ordering) data in base R. We will learn to sort our data based on one or multiple columns, with ascending or descending order and as always look at alternatives to base R, namely the tidyverse’s dplyr and data.table to show how we can achieve the same results. It is re...
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R:case4base – Sorting data with base R
Introduction In this post in the R:case4base series we will examine sorting (ordering) data in base R. We will learn to sort our data based on one or multiple columns, with ascending or descending order and as always look at alternatives to base R, namely the tidyverse’s dplyr and data.table to show how we can achieve the same results. It is re...
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5 amazing free tools that can help with publishing R results and blogging
Introduction It is Christmas time! And what better time than this to write about the great tools that are available to all who like R and would like to publish their R work or even blog about it. This post is meant as a praise to the tools that are helping me to write this blog and make it a very nice experience, allowing me to focus on the conte...
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5 amazing free tools that can help with publishing R results and blogging
Introduction It is Christmas time! And what better time than this to write about the great tools that are available to all who like R and would like to publish their R work or even blog about it. This post is meant as a praise to the tools that are helping me to write this blog and make it a very nice experience, allowing me to focus on the conte...
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Here’s why 2019 is a great year to start with R: A story of 10 year old R code then and now
Introduction It has been more than ten years since I wrote my first R code. And in those years, the R world has changed dramatically, and mostly to the better. I believe that the current time may be one of the best times to start working with R. In this new year’s post we will look at the R world 10 years ago and today, and provide links to ma...
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Here’s why 2019 is a great year to start with R: A story of 10 year old R code then and now
Introduction It has been more than ten years since I wrote my first R code. And in those years, the R world has changed dramatically, and mostly to the better. I believe that the current time may be one of the best times to start working with R. In this new year’s post we will look at the R world 10 years ago and today, and provide links to ma...
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