Introduction

R is a programming language that provides the user with powerful data and graphical analysis options. R is both flexible and broad. From tasks as simple as adding two numbers to tasks as complex as fitting an ARIMA model, R is capable of crunching the numbers.

The purpose of R Quick Syntax Reference is to provide the reader with the basic syntax of R. Often an R user gets stuck if, for example, a mode is incorrect or a logical test does not work. Because the full spectrum of R packages uses the same fairly simple syntax, R Quick Syntax Reference provides the reader with the necessary information to get unstuck and run and create all R functions and code.

The R language is based on the language S, a high-level programming language ...

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