R 4 Quick Syntax Reference: A Pocket Guide to the Language, API's and Library

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M. TollefsonR 4 Quick Syntax Referencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7924-3_8

8. How to Use a Script or Function

Margot Tollefson¹  

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While scripts are just listings of code stored outside of R, functions are objects of the function mode and are stored in the workspace. Most functions require specific kinds of arguments, which must be input into the function correctly. For example, if a function calls for a matrix and a data frame is input, the function will return an error. Since external tables are often read into the R workspace as data frames, using a data frame for ...