Is R base::subset() really that bad?
Is R base::subset() really that bad?
More on safe substitution in R
Let’s worry a bit about substitution in R. Substitution is very powerful, which means it can be both used and mis-used. However, that does not mean every use is unsafe or a mistake.
There is usually more than one way in R
Python has a fairly famous design principle (from “PEP 20 — The Zen of Python”): There should be one– and preferably only one –obvious way to do it. Frankly in R (especially once you add many packages) there is usually more than one way. As an example we will talk […]
R summary() got better!
Here is a really nice feature found in the current 3.4.0 version of R: summary() has become a lot more reasonable. summary(15555) # Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max. # 15555 15555 15555 15555 15555 15555 Please read on for some background.