Hi R-fans, I would like put out a question to all R users on this list and hope it will create some feedback and discussion. 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and 2) What R package do you still miss and why do you think it would make a useful addition? Pulling answers together for these questions will serve as a guide for new users and help people who just want to get a hint where to look first. Happy replying! Best, Ralf
Hi Ralf, My list would probably be: reshape + plyr lattice / ggplot2 and maybe Car / Hmisc BUT, I think the real answer would come from further use of the community of: http://crantastic.org/ (Or if that website could have collected and presented some data automatically...) Tal ----------------Contact Details:------------------------------------------------------- Contact me: Tal.Galili@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | www.r-statistics.com (English) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Ralf B <ralf.bierig@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi R-fans, > > I would like put out a question to all R users on this list and hope > it will create some feedback and discussion. > > 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and > > 2) What R package do you still miss and why do you think it would make > a useful addition? > > Pulling answers together for these questions will serve as a guide for > new users and help people who just want to get a hint where to look > first. Happy replying! > > Best, > Ralf > > ______________________________________________ > 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]]
I think it depends on your particular domain, mine is in finance: Quantmod PerformanceAnalytics And Diethelm Wuertz's collection of packages (fOptions, fPortfolio,etc) Rgds, C On 3/2/10, Ralf B <ralf.bierig at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi R-fans, > > I would like put out a question to all R users on this list and hope > it will create some feedback and discussion. > > 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and > > 2) What R package do you still miss and why do you think it would make > a useful addition? > > Pulling answers together for these questions will serve as a guide for > new users and help people who just want to get a hint where to look > first. Happy replying! > > Best, > Ralf > > ______________________________________________ > 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. >-- Sent from my mobile device
Ralf B wrote:> > Hi R-fans, > > I would like put out a question to all R users on this list and hope > it will create some feedback and discussion. > > 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and > > 2) What R package do you still miss and why do you think it would make > a useful addition? > > Pulling answers together for these questions will serve as a guide for > new users and help people who just want to get a hint where to look > first. Happy replying! > > Best, > Ralf >1. ggplot2 2. plyr 3. rgdal And any package such as RJava that allows native, or near native access to other programming languages. Strength in numbers! -Charlie ----- Charlie Sharpsteen Undergraduate-- Environmental Resources Engineering Humboldt State University -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Three-most-useful-R-package-tp1575671p1575949.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:13:54 -0500 Ralf B <ralf.bierig at gmail.com> wrote:> 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? andplyr ggplot2 lattice -- Karl Ove Hufthammer
On 03/03/10 09:26, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote:> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:13:54 -0500 Ralf B<ralf.bierig at gmail.com> wrote: >> 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and > > plyr > ggplot2 > lattice >Well, as you ask the question, the three most useful R packages are: base, stats and methods ;-) ... But I guess you mean: the three most useful OPTIONAL packages? Best, Philippe Grosjean
I only really need the base packages, but otherwise I suppose the most useful for me are: (1) RCurl (2) plyr (3) XML On 2 Mar, 20:13, Ralf B <ralf.bie... at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi R-fans, > > I would like put out a question to all R users on this list and hope > it will create some feedback and discussion. > > 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and > > 2) What R package do you still miss and why do you think it would make > a useful addition? > > Pulling answers together for these questions will serve as a guide for > new users and help people who just want to get a hint where to look > first. Happy replying! > > Best, > Ralf > > ______________________________________________ > R-h... at r-project.org mailing listhttps://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guidehttp://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> 1) What are your 3 most useful R package?On the assumption that we mean those packages that add some generic functionality, then plyr ggplot2 Car and Hmisc (i know that is four) So similar to others peoples list I have others that are always first to be installed, but specific to my interests e.g. vegan. Not sure about the other question Graham
Hi Ralf,>> 1) What are your 3 most useful R package?Its hard to pick three but since you are making me... vegan rgdal (which will also get you sp, another favorite) rms Michael -- Michael Denslow I.W. Carpenter Jr. Herbarium [BOON] Department of Biology Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina U.S.A. -- AND -- Communications Manager Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections sernec.org 36.214177, -81.681480 +/- 3103 meters
Hi, The 3 packages I load most often are my own; typically I make a new package for every new job. It automatically loads other packages as dependencies (top-ranked are ggplot2, reshape, plyr) as well as my data and functions I'm currently working with. If some functions evolve further towards a more general use I may consider moving them to a "clean" package on r-forge (ultimately CRAN, but I haven't gone that far). Best, baptiste On 2 March 2010 21:13, Ralf B <ralf.bierig at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi R-fans, > > I would like put out a question to all R users on this list and hope > it will create some feedback and discussion. > > 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and >The 3 packages I load most often are my own, typically I make a new package for a new job. It automatically loads> 2) What R package do you still miss and why do you think it would make > a useful addition? > > Pulling answers together for these questions will serve as a guide for > new users and help people who just want to get a hint where to look > first. Happy replying! > > Best, > Ralf > > ______________________________________________ > 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. >-- ____________________ Baptiste Augui? Departamento de Qu?mica F?sica, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Universitario, 36310, Vigo, Spain tel: +34 9868 18617 http://webs.uvigo.es/coloides
1) quantmod, zoo, xts, TTR in no particular order, the first requires the others, so I can't really separate them. 2) There are plenty of packages for my needs (using R as a hobbyist), but my biggest concern is that they lack active support. A package for complex testing of trading strategies would be nice, but it's hard to come up with a good design. Regards,> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:13:54 -0500 > From: ralf.bierig@gmail.com > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Three most useful R package > > Hi R-fans, > > I would like put out a question to all R users on this list and hope > it will create some feedback and discussion. > > 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and > > 2) What R package do you still miss and why do you think it would make > a useful addition? > > Pulling answers together for these questions will serve as a guide for > new users and help people who just want to get a hint where to look > first. Happy replying! > > Best, > Ralf > > ______________________________________________ > 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._________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Correct. Ralf --- Ralf Bierig Post-Doctoral Associate School of Communication and Information Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071, USA On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Philippe Grosjean <phgrosjean at sciviews.org> wrote:> > > On 03/03/10 09:26, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: >> >> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:13:54 -0500 Ralf B<ralf.bierig at gmail.com> ?wrote: >>> >>> 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and >> >> plyr >> ggplot2 >> lattice >> > > Well, as you ask the question, the three most useful R packages ? ? ? ? are: > base, stats and methods ;-) ... But I guess you mean: the three most useful > OPTIONAL packages? > Best, > > Philippe Grosjean > > ______________________________________________ > 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. >
I use rms, lme4, ggplot2 frequently (also lattice and MASS). On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Ralf B <ralf.bierig at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi R-fans, > > I would like put out a question to all R users on this list and hope > it will create some feedback and discussion. > > 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and > > 2) What R package do you still miss and why do you think it would make > a useful addition? > > Pulling answers together for these questions will serve as a guide for > new users and help people who just want to get a hint where to look > first. Happy replying! > > Best, > Ralf > > ______________________________________________ > 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. >
I find myself loading the TeachingDemos package most often, though in my case there may be one of those chicken/egg things going on. I also use MASS and rms quite a bit (if we are limited to 3, but I also use survival, Hmisc, and splines, but they are loaded with rms). The package that I really want a copy of is the esp package. This would allow the computer to do the analysis that I want without me actually having to give it the details, allow me to do the analysis that my client actually wants without wasting time by first doing the analysis that they told me they want, and answer questions from posters who do not give any of the details asked for in the posting guide. I also want a package that when people misuse certain functions/techniques it will cause a small door on the side of their monitor/computer to open and a mechanical hand will come out and slap them upside the head. But that package will not be useful until the hardware support is available. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.snow at imail.org 801.408.8111> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Ralf B > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:14 PM > To: r-help at r-project.org > Subject: [R] Three most useful R package > > Hi R-fans, > > I would like put out a question to all R users on this list and hope > it will create some feedback and discussion. > > 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and > > 2) What R package do you still miss and why do you think it would make > a useful addition? > > Pulling answers together for these questions will serve as a guide for > new users and help people who just want to get a hint where to look > first. Happy replying! > > Best, > Ralf > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:52:48 -0700 Greg Snow <Greg.Snow at imail.org> wrote: > I also want a package that when people misuse certain > functions/techniques it will cause a small door on the > side of their monitor/computer to open and a mechanical > hand will come out and slap them upside the head. But > that package will not be useful until the hardware > support is available. Hi Greg, Had not my grandfather and a workmate, over 60 years ago, worked out a way to do something that no one else had been able to do by running a machine in a way that it was not supposed to be run, I might agree with you. Jim
Well, the HeadSlap package would of course require the esp package so that it could tell the difference between someone doing something clever and someone doing something because "everyone else does". For example, user 1 calls the pie function, HeadSlap using esp finds out that user 1 will also be creating a bar chart and dot plot of same data to use in a presentation comparing the types of plots and showing why you should not use pie charts. HeadSlap allows pie chart to be created. User 2 calls the pie function because they think pie charts are pretty and have never learned better, HeadSlap first issues a warning/error with references to Cleveland and others. Further attempts to use pie by same user for same reason result in activating the hardware. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.snow at imail.org 801.408.8111> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Jim Lemon > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:49 AM > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: Re: [R] Three most useful R package > > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:52:48 -0700 Greg Snow <Greg.Snow at imail.org> > wrote: > > I also want a package that when people misuse certain > > functions/techniques it will cause a small door on the > > side of their monitor/computer to open and a mechanical > > hand will come out and slap them upside the head. But > > that package will not be useful until the hardware > > support is available. > > Hi Greg, > Had not my grandfather and a workmate, over 60 years ago, worked out a > way to do something that no one else had been able to do by running a > machine in a way that it was not supposed to be run, I might agree with > you. > > Jim > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
(1) - nlme, lattice, stats (2) - a usable large-file/out of memory regression package that abstracts "all" the details of connections & etc from the user, accept perhaps the initial function call, so I don't have to actually know anything about the file I'm opening, how big it is, how many lines of data, how much data my system can load into memory at once without paging or crashing R, etc, but will still give me parameter estimates for multiple categorical and continuous predictors on a TB of data in less than a half hour, and can work with something more interesting than a matrix. Sincerely, KeithC. -----Original Message----- From: Ralf B [mailto:ralf.bierig at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:14 PM To: r-help at r-project.org Subject: [R] Three most useful R package Hi R-fans, I would like put out a question to all R users on this list and hope it will create some feedback and discussion. 1) What are your 3 most useful R package? and 2) What R package do you still miss and why do you think it would make a useful addition? Pulling answers together for these questions will serve as a guide for new users and help people who just want to get a hint where to look first. Happy replying! Best, Ralf