Re: [R] Translating a basic Python script into R

2013-12-29 Thread sun shine
On 29/12/13 10:45, YuHong wrote: In my opinion, the best usages of Python and R should be for different type of tasks respectively. For example, Python is good for automating miscellaneous tasks, while R is good for list data processing and statistical modelling. Therefore when you become m

Re: [R] Translating a basic Python script into R

2013-12-29 Thread YuHong
, you shall not use the two for exactly the same thing. -Original Message- From: sun shine Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 5:32 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Translating a basic Python script into R Hi Ista On 28/12/13 23:06, Ista Zahn wrote: Hi, I don't se

Re: [R] Translating a basic Python script into R

2013-12-29 Thread sun shine
Hi Ista On 28/12/13 23:06, Ista Zahn wrote: Hi, I don't see any nested conditions in the python code... A direct translation in R looks almost the same, except that you need to group using parentheses and brackets instead of whitespace, and there is no += in R (at least not that I'm aware of).

Re: [R] Translating a basic Python script into R

2013-12-28 Thread Ista Zahn
Hi, On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 10:46 AM, sun shine wrote: > Hi > > I am attempting to translate some of the models that Donella Meadows wrote > about in her book "Thinking in systems" into code. Originally, I had wanted > to do this in Python, but thought that it would be fun to see if it is > feasi