8) Iterations

📖 Lecture

This week we introduce the syntax used by R to handle iteration constructs such as for loops and while loops.

🎯 Objectives

Get familiar with the syntax used in R for writing

• for loops
• while loops
• the next statement to skip iterations
• the break statement to stop loops from iterating
• and the family of apply() functions

📚 Reading

• https://www.gastonsanchez.com/R-coding-basics/5-04-for-loop.html

• https://www.gastonsanchez.com/R-coding-basics/5-05-while-loop.html

🔬 Lab

Work with some basic examples using loops in R.