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Introduction to R for metagenomics: Glossary

Key Points

First Steps on R
  • R is a programming language

  • RStudio is useful tool for script writting and data-management.

  • A variable can temporarily store data.

R datatypes
  • R uses different types of data to store information.

Dataframes manipulation
  • Data-frames contain multiple columns with different types of data.

Finding help on R
  • Help ? shows useful information about the functions you inquire.

Glossary

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