Appendix B.  Other Helpful R Functions

This appendix lists the chapter-wise R functions that will help us during our analysis.

Chapter 1 - Extract, Transform, and Load

The following table describes some helpful functions for Chapter 1, Extract, Transform, and Load:

Function

Description

getwd()

This returns the current working directory as a path in the R console

setwd(<path>)

This changes the working directory to <path> that you pass in the function

dim()

This returns the dimensions of an R object

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