Basics of R

R is a statistical programming language designed and created by Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman. It is a derivative of the S language created at the AT&T Bell laboratories. Apart from statistical analysis, R also supports powerful visualizations. It is open source, freely distributed under a General Public License (GPL). Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) is an ever-growing repository with more than 8,400 packages, which can be freely installed and used for various kinds of analysis.

R is a high-level language based on interpretations and intuitive syntax. It runs on system's or server's active memory (RAM) and stores all files, functions, and derived results in its environment as objects. The architecture utilized in R computation ...

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