Working with Data Tables
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What is Working with Data Tables?
Working with data tables means using the data.table package's syntax and conventions for fast, memory-efficient data manipulation on large datasets. It uses a distinctive bracket-based syntax, dt[i, j, by], differing from both base R indexing and dplyr's verb-based approach. It's typically reached for once dataset size makes dplyr noticeably slower.
More in stage 11: Data Manipulation
Working with Data Tables: common questions
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Is this Working with Data Tables tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 75 of 129 in the free R Programming roadmap, in stage 11, Data Manipulation. If you are new to R Programming, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.