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R is a clone of The New S Language by Becker, Chambers, and Wilks of AT&T.
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A comprehensive statistics package with a full scripting language, many
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statistical operators, load/save, extensive help, graphical capabilities
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including X11, PostScript, HP and other devices. Ideal for interactive
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exploration of data.
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Once you've installed R, you can start it just by typing R. There is
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extensive online documentation; you can start with help() (note that almost
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every S command or function has parentheses after it, so you type
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help(A) for info about A).
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2004-11-07 13:37:22 -05:00
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If you have S users onsite, you may want to "cd ${LOCALBASE}/bin; ln -s R S"
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