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R Data Types

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Summary

This lesson reviews the basic data types in R. The data in R is divided into numeric (decimal), integer (integer), complex (imaginary number), character (text), and raw (raw byte). Developers will learn how to check data types using class() and typeof().

Key points

Basic data types include numeric, integer, complex, character, logical, and raw
Default decimal number of type 'numeric'
To make a pure integer, end the number with capital 'L' (e.g.: 10L)
The functions 'class()' and 'typeof()' are used to check the type of object

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