Machine Learning

What is R

Last Updated on August 22, 2019

R is perhaps one of the most powerful and most popular platforms for statistical programming and applied machine learning.

When you get serious about machine learning, you will find your way into R.

In this post, you will discover what R is, where it came from and some of its most important features.

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What is R?

R is an an open source environment for statistical programming and visualization.

R is a number of things, which might be confusing at first.

  • R is a computer language. It is a variant of Lisp and you can write programs in it.
  • R is an interpreter. It can parse and execute R scripts (programs) that are typed in directly or loaded from a file with a .R extension.
  • R is a platform. It can create graphics to be displayed on the screen or saved to file. It can also prepare models
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