[R] dplyr or plyr or both?

[Bert Gunter]

I see no reason to bother Hadley in the age of google.

Search on "dplyr versus plyr" and read what you get! (on the first hit, even)

Cheers,
Bert


Bert Gunter

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and sticking things into it."
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On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 7:20 AM,  <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Maybe you should ask the maintainer of both packages.
>
>> maintainer("plyr")
>
> [1] "Hadley Wickham <hadley at rstudio.com>"
>>
>> maintainer("dplyr")
>
> [1] "Hadley Wickham <hadley at rstudio.com>"
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rui Barradas
>
>
>
> Citando Christopher W Ryan <cryan at binghamton.edu>:
>
>
>> I've set myself the task of learning about these packages, and about
>> tidy data concepts.
>>
>> What is the relationship between plyr and dplyr?  Does the latter
>> replace the former (meaning I can concentrate on learning the latter)?
>> Or is there ever a need to use functions from both (meaning I should
>> learn both)?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --Chris Ryan
>>
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