IS&T RCS Tutorial - Programming in R
- Starts:
- 3:30 pm on Friday, September 12, 2014
- Ends:
- 5:30 pm on Friday, September 12, 2014
This tutorial is the third in a series of R tutorials. It introduces basic R programming, debugging and optimization techniques and develops practices of proper and efficient R coding. It covers the following topics:
if-else and switch statements
types of loops (for, while, repeat) and loop control statements (next, break)
user functions and argument definitions
local and global variables
apply function family
sourcing, timing, compilation and debugging
code profiling and optimization
Prerequisite: We strongly recommend that you also register for the “Introduction to R” tutorial if you are new to the R environment.