How do I start R programming?

Click on the “Start” button at the bottom left of your computer screen, and then choose “All programs”, and start R by selecting “R” (or R X.X.X, where X.X.X gives the version of R, eg. R 2.10. 0) from the menu of programs. The R console (a rectangle) should pop up.

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How do you code in R?

The RStudio interface is simple. You type R code into the bottom line of the RStudio console pane and then click Enter to run it . The code you type is called a command, because it will command your computer to do something for you. The line you type it into is called the command line.

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Is R similar to Python?

R and Python are both open-source programming languages with a large community. New libraries or tools are added continuously to their respective catalog. R is mainly used for statistical analysis while Python provides a more general approach to data science .

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