New version of dplyr, version 1.0.0 is here. It was originally supposed to be available in early May and finally out on CRAN now. One of the cool things with the new dplyr version 1.0.0 is its cool new logo. Jokes apart, dplyr 1.0.0 is loaded with new features and Hadley Wickham has started teasing […]
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ggplot2 3.3.0. Is Here : Two New Features You Must Know
ggplot2, the R package that lets you create graphics using the Grammar of Graphics has a new version. The new version of ggplot2; version 3.3.0 has lots of changes and it available on CRAN. Introducing ggplot2 v 3.3.0 Thomas Lin Pedersen says that the new version “is packed with features, big and small” and a […]
Introduction to the new lumping functions in forcats version 0.5.0
forcats, one of the key tidyverse R packages, for dealing with factors in R has a new version 0.5.0 on CRAN with a lot of new changes. If you have not heard of forcats before, it is a R package part of tidyverse that provides “a suite of tools that solve common problems with factors, […]
Faceting and Reordering with ggplot2
Faceting is a great data visualization technique that uses “small multiples” i.e. the use of same type of plots multiple times in a panel. Each “small multiple” is a same type of plot but for a different group or category in the data. ggplot2 makes it really easy to make such “small multiples” with faceting. […]
R For Data Science Book Gets tidyr 1.0.0 Friendly
R for Data Science book by Garrett Grolemund and Hadley Wickham is the best book for doing data science with tidyverse. tidyverse, the meta-package, has loads of useful packages like tidyr, dplyr, and ggplot2 to make your life as data scientist easy. Last fall, tidyr package got a big update with version 1.0.0. Until now, […]