Category: R Coding

  • A quick look at memory usage when “copying variables”

    This one is not exactly about changing code in practice… This entry differs a bit in that it is purely “educational”, not an opinion or recommendation or anything to change in the way I program at all, but rather about how the R interpreter works. As always, there are much better references out there (see…

  • So much space for improvement

    This is both great and worrisome… Simply put, I can’t know it all, and as this is mostly on my spare time (programming is not even in my job description, although I do program to make my team’s life easier), maybe I shouldn’t even try. But as the concept of Kaizen goes (the way I…

  • Loading libraries in R

    It should be fairly easy Where do I load my libraries in my script? Because well, in R, you CAN load a library when you need it. But after a while, it becomes an issue. And here is my personal recommendation: Don’t. Why does it matter? For one, libraries sometimes have overlapping functions. This is…