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I was unable to learn R because I couldn't understand what a dataframe is. It was irritating that it wasn't defined clearly and there seemed to be no connection
by kyberias 7y ago
I was unable to learn R because I couldn't understand what a dataframe is. It was irritating that it wasn't defined clearly and there seemed to be no connection to terminology that was familiar to me (relational databases, SQL tables etc.).
- jackbrookes 7y agoIn R a dataframe is just a named list of vectors, where each vector has equal length.
- rankam 7y agoThere's no other way to say this without sounding rude, but you weren't unable to learn R because you couldn't understand what a dataframe was - you were unable to learn R because you gave up. Blaming a data structure for the failure seems like a bit of a stretch.
- kyberias 7y agoThat is what I said. I didn't understand what a dataframe was. Note that I didn't really blame the data structure. I said it was an irritating factor. Someone else might not have been as irritated. But if R was closer to what I already knew, learning would have been easier. For me.