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Working with

data

ASYNCHRONOUS

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Review from Vectors, matrices
Functions
week 13 and data frames

Setting a working Datasets APIs and Spatial


directory & Loading data Data
History & ethos of R as free and opensource

Interpreted language

Let's review
Extensible object system

Writing comments
Creating basic objects
Working with R- Getting help
Saving
Create objects
and call them
String <- "hello world"

Math <- 24*2

String

Math
More about vectors
A vector is a series of values. It contains elements of the
same type.

If consecutive numbers
(like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) use consecutive<- 1:6
a colon:

Often created using the c() vector <- c(1,54,31,20)


function:
interests<-c("kitties",
C is for "unicorns", "coffee",
combine "internet", "avocados")
The c() will numbers<-c(2, 4, 48, 1,
coerce 5, 7, 1650)
elements of
the same
type into a x <- c(1, 5.4, TRUE,
vector "hello") #will all be
forced into charactor
Matrices Data Frames
Homogeneous data arranged in 2-dimensional Heterogeneous data table (like excel)
rectangular organization Can contain multiple data types
M*n arrays Multiple columns (called fields)
Restricted to similar data types Basically a list of vectors of equal length
Use them to perform arithmetic

matrix = matrix (c(1, 2, 33, 4, 5, beasts <- c('unicorn','cyclops','bigfoot')


6), nrow = 2, ncol = 3, byrow = 1) price <- c(21000, 23400, 26800)
date <- as.Date(c('2020-11-1','2018-3-25','2017-3-
14'))

Beasts_df <- data.frame(beasts, price, date)


Take inputs Inputs can be an object (e.g.
(called arguments) and return some data) OR they can specify
outputs. options

Functions
You can either manually specify a function’s arguments or
(also called use the function’s default values.

commands)
perform Generally take the form: function_name(arguments)

tasks in R
Each package has their own set of functions
R saves data to your working folder

R sets a relative file path in your code

Setting a
working check the working directory: getwd()

directory
Set the working directory in Rstudio's GUI

Or you can set it with a setwd("/Users/monica/Dropbox/r")


function("path")
There are several
datasets built
into R
Learn about them by typing in the
console:

help(package="datasets")
CSV APIs
Name <- read.csv("Path where your
CSV file is located on your
computer\\File Name.csv")

Loading external data


APIs =Application Programming Interfaces

Set of rules that allow one software application to


interact with another

What is an
API? A ‘request’ follows certain programmatic rules. It is
submitted to a server and the server returns a
‘response’ containing content in an expected format

There are many types of API

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