Some View From Hadley Pragmatically, if you’re a data scientist, learning the basics of SQL is really important. You should also have a minimal reading knowledge of R and Python, because so many data science teams use both . Then I think you’re better off specializing in one of these two and getting really good at it, rather than spreading yourself too thin and being mediocre at several languages.
Representing Data in R – Python equivalent import pandas as pd import numpy as np # 'characters' is equivalent to string firstName = 'jeff' print((type(firstName), firstName)) <type 'str'> jeff # 'numeric' is equivalent to float heightCM = 188.2 print((type(heightCM), heightCM)) <type 'float'> 188.2 # integer is equivalent to integer numberSons = 1 print((type(numberSons), numberSons)) <type 'int'> 1 # 'logical' is equivalent to Boolean teachingCoursera = True print((type(teachingCoursera), teachingCoursera)) <type 'bool'> True # 'vectors' is equivalent to numpy array or Python list (I will use array everywhere for consistency) heights = np.
Q: I has many separate tables that need to be combined into a single file?
google search “R read many datasets or tables”
Three steps: Getting a list of files path to read Write a function to read a file Then loop it step01: list all files path library(here) allfiles = list.files(path = here("data"), #Use the ⭐here package to indicate the directory the files are in relative to the root directory pattern = "AB.