R tutorial on the Apply family of functions

In a previous blog, we discussed one of the most important programming constructs, the loop, with its two major forms in R. Then we deprecated its use in favor of vectorized functions, specifically because of the ‘vector’ nature of R, where even the most elementary datum has a vector structure and functions exist which are capable of affecting structured or compound data at once.

Read the full tutorial on DataCamp →

First published on DataCamp, July 28, 2015.