"The R Inferno" is now on the Burns Statistics website at http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_inferno.pdf Abstract: If you are using R and you think you're in hell, this is a map for you. Also, I've expanded the outline concerning R on the Burns Statistics 'Links' page. Suggestions (off-list) for additional items are encouraged. Patrick Burns patrick at burns-stat.com +44 (0)20 8525 0696 http://www.burns-stat.com (home of "The R Inferno" and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
excellent adaptation of Dante and R with real common sense tips to help beginners especially ..goes to the blogroll...... now if only i could get tips to sort a 5 column * 1 million rows dataset in less than ..eternity.... Ajay www.decisionstats.com On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Patrick Burns <pburns@pburns.seanet.com>wrote:> "The R Inferno" is now on the Burns Statistics website at > > http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_inferno.pdf > > Abstract: If you are using R and you think you're in hell, > this is a map for you. > > Also, I've expanded the outline concerning R on the > Burns Statistics 'Links' page. Suggestions (off-list) for > additional items are encouraged. > > > Patrick Burns > patrick@burns-stat.com > +44 (0)20 8525 0696 > http://www.burns-stat.com > (home of "The R Inferno" and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> now if only i could get tips to sort a 5 column * 1 million rows dataset in > less than ..eternity....May I suggest mySQL, postgreSQL, etc.? If what you need to do is a basic sort, a database is going to be faster than R. -- Insert something humorous here. :-)
I think that this continuation constitutes what Pat calls "hijacking the thread" at the end of his new and magnificent opus. The original thread should be reserved for kudos to Pat. url: www.econ.uiuc.edu/~roger Roger Koenker email rkoenker at uiuc.edu Department of Economics vox: 217-333-4558 University of Illinois fax: 217-244-6678 Champaign, IL 61820 On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Andrew Choens wrote:> >> now if only i could get tips to sort a 5 column * 1 million rows >> dataset in >> less than ..eternity.... > > May I suggest mySQL, postgreSQL, etc.? If what you need to do is a > basic > sort, a database is going to be faster than R. > > -- > Insert something humorous here. :-) > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Extremely nice. Tons of useful information presented in a very entertaining way. Thanks! Tom Patrick Burns wrote:> "The R Inferno" is now on the Burns Statistics website at > > http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_inferno.pdf > > Abstract: If you are using R and you think you're in hell, > this is a map for you. > > Also, I've expanded the outline concerning R on the > Burns Statistics 'Links' page. Suggestions (off-list) for > additional items are encouraged. > > > Patrick Burns > patrick at burns-stat.com > +44 (0)20 8525 0696 > http://www.burns-stat.com > (home of "The R Inferno" and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Tom Backer Johnsen, Psychometrics Unit, Faculty of Psychology | | University of Bergen, Christies gt. 12, N-5015 Bergen, NORWAY | | Tel : +47-5558-9185 Fax : +47-5558-9879 | | Email : backer at psych.uib.no URL : http://www.galton.uib.no/ | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Excellent read, Patrick. A very useful and clear guide. On 2009.01.09 16:14:49, Patrick Burns wrote:> "The R Inferno" is now on the Burns Statistics website at > > http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_inferno.pdf > > Abstract: If you are using R and you think you're in hell, > this is a map for you. > > Also, I've expanded the outline concerning R on the > Burns Statistics 'Links' page. Suggestions (off-list) for > additional items are encouraged. > > > Patrick Burns > patrick at burns-stat.com > +44 (0)20 8525 0696 > http://www.burns-stat.com > (home of "The R Inferno" and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- ~ Jason Morgan