R language data.table import data combat: data.table delete specific data columns

R language data.table import data combat: data.table delete specific data columns

What is #data.table?

data.table is an alternative to R's default data.frame for handling tabular data.

It is so popular because of its speed of execution on larger data and its concise syntax. So effectively type less code and get more speed. It is one of the most downloaded packages in R and a top choice for data scientists.

This is probably one of the best things that has ever happened to the R programming language, in terms of how fast it can be turned into and how fast it can be run.

While data.table provides a slightly different syntax than regular R data.frames, it is very intuitive. So once you get that, it feels like you don't want to go back to basic R data.frame syntax.

#data.tableinstallation

# Install from CRAN
install.packages('data.table')

# Install Dev version from Gitlab
install.packages("data.table", repos="https://Rdatatable.git