Hii, everyone, so my city is now under lockdown for a week and i thought why not i get back to my weather code blog :). Today I will share with you a the steps to download R and Rstudio and get a general idea of the interfaces in R studio IDE.
And most importantly, we all know we are going through hard times #stay #safe #take #preventive #measures.
What is R?
R is a programming language and environment utilized in statistical computation, data analysis, their exchange and scientific research. It is one of the most well-known languages used by data analysts, researchers, statisticians. It is a very handy tool that is widely used for data retrieval, clean, analysis, visualization, and presentation. Because of its expressive linguistic structure and simple to-utilize interface, it has developed in prominence as of late.
Why R?
For the following reasons:
1. R is open source and free!
2. R runs on all platforms
3. Easy to use interface
4. Fast computation (Personal opinion :D)
Since most people who follow the blog use Windows OS.
Here is How to install R in Windows :
click Download R 3.6.3 for Windows(83 megabytes, 32/64 bit)
Your download will start soon
Follow the steps to install according clicking the (.exe) you will have the option to install 32bit/64bit or both.
Next important question Should I install the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version?
Most people don’t need to worry about this. Obviously the 64-bit version of R won’t work on a 32-bit machine but both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of R runs seamlessly on 64-bit Windows.
You might want to consider installing 32-bit version of R if your production environment is 32-bit because some packages might have compatibility issues and might cause the “But it works on my machine” fiasco. (This is the opinion taken from https://www.datamentor.io) .
Personally however I found 64 bit handles large datasets efficiently thatn 32 bit of R, 32 bit uses only certain portion of your random access memory while 64 bit uses its full capacity of the moemory it ca use. So I would recommend R -64 bit
Installing R studio
R studio is a very fun to work and play IDE for R language, one can download R studio from
Scroll down to RStudio Desktop Free
Once You Download R one can simply install R studio following the dialog box.
Launch R
(Image taken from datamentor)
Now you are good to go starting your first R script
For Example i am using the "airquality" dataset within R to show a simple way around with R
Wish you all ---------------------------------------------> during these interesting times
Happy coding !!!!!!!
My R program Inspiration and motivational pillars : Ashish Singh (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Alaa Mhawish (NASA/BHU)
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