Google on "R data table" please. Read the vignettes therein. -- Bert
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Abraham Mathew <abra...@thisorthat.com> wrote: > I didn't learn about data tables until recently. (They're never covered in > any intro R books). > > In any case, I'm not sure what (if any) is the difference between a data > frame and a data table. > > Can anyone provide a brief explanation? > > Is one preferred over another or is it just dependent on the task at hand? > > > Thanks, > Abraham M. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- "Men by nature long to get on to the ultimate truths, and will often be impatient with elementary studies or fight shy of them. If it were possible to reach the ultimate truths without the elementary studies usually prefixed to them, these would not be preparatory studies but superfluous diversions." -- Maimonides (1135-1204) Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
