R Mistakes To Avoid

Welcome back! R is a very awesome programming language used for tons of different data related tasks, and with every language, there are common mistakes you could run into, so let’s talk about some mistakes you should avoid with R.

Package Version Control

One of the biggest problems i’ve personally faced with R is version control, specifically with packages. Similar to other programming languages (Python, Go, etc.), R uses packages to increase its functionality, so you want to make sure you keep your R packages updated and you configure your project to adapt to those updates.

Moving Stored Data

Another massive issue I had (especially early on) was changing the directory of my stored data (excel files), why did I move these? Well, maybe I would download the data from the internet, then I would sometimes keep it in the downloads folder, other times I may read it in via a hard drive, it almost seemed like every-time I ran the project, I had to change the directories. Now, I…