Tag: R

  • A series on IP addresses in R – 1/n

    As is usual, data in the security field is “domain specific”. Among other things, certain numbers are to be treated like factors and not ordinals (e.g. TCP Port Numbers…). IP addresses are an example of data that “looks” somewhat numeric, and actually can be transformed into numerics, but are not exactly such.   An IP…

  • Explaining the concepts of “Kaizen R” through an example

    This time I’ll try to explain why the “Kaizen-R blog” even exists, through an example. Improving through deliberate practice This was THE idea, before the idea of the blog. This blog is only a consequence, really. So this time, I focused on the deliberate practice, and I will only summarise it here, then reference you…

  • 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…