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Awesome tricks every R coder should know
Welcome back! R is one of my favorite programming languages out there, so let’s talk about some awesome R tricks that you should know about. Now, these tricks may vary, but one thing is for sure, is that they can offer alot of capability to your project. With this long introduction out of the way, let’s get into it!
Reading/Importing & Converting Files Easily
First up, we have the ability of reading/importing and converting files very easily with R. As most of you know, importing CSV’s, Excels and Text files all have their own ways of being brought in and exported with R, with the Rio package it makes this process much easier! Check out the link below to learn more about this package:
Running Python Code In R
Next up, we have the ability of running Python code in R. This specific trick is very useful for those of you who want to run Python outside of an R environment, we can achieve this by using the Reticulate package, as long as you have Python installed on your machine you will be able to do this! Check out the tutorial below to see exactly how to do this:
Reading / Exporting Data To Google Sheets
Next up, R has an awesome package that allows us to read and export datasets to Google Sheets! Now, the process to do this is fairly complex, you will need an internet connection, a Google account and ability to give access to an API from your account, if you have those then you are set! If you want to read in data into R from a Google Sheet, check out the link below:
