We can also look at the distribution plots of InvoiceDate. But first, the date will need to be transformed to date format (Capture.output shows it as a string) and sorted first:
InvoiceDate <- gsub(" .*$", "", OnlineRetail$InvoiceDate) InvoiceDate <- (as.Date(InvoiceDate, format = "%m/%d/%Y")) InvoiceDate <- sort(InvoiceDate, decreasing = FALSE)
First, observe from the output of the str() function that InvoiceDate is now truly in date format:
> str(InvoiceDate)
This is the following output:
Date[1:541909], format: "2010-12-01" "2010-12-01" "2010-12-01" "2010-12-01" "2010-12-01" "2010-12-01" "2010-12-01" "201... <truncated>
We can see from the head and tail commands, as well as the plots, that the invoices ...
