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environment

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on your file's extension

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names, file paths, arguments, and more.

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quickly use common blocks of code.

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window

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replace

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notebook

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selected

code

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previous code

Source with or

w/out Echo or

as a Local Job

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outline

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backwards/

forwards

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Click on file or directory name to open.

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folder

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file

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file

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directory

Displays saved objects by

type with short description

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source code

View in data

viewer

Load

workspace

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workspace

Import data

with wizard

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workspace

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as list or grid

Choose environment to display from

list of parent environments

History of past

commands to

run/copy

Manage

external

databases

Working

Directory

Maximize,

minimize panes

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boundaries

Multiple cursors/column selection

with Alt + mouse drag.

R tutorials

Ctrl/Cmd + 

to see history

More file

options

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recent plots

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window

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plot

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plot

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all plots

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Home page of

helpful links

Search within

help file

Search for

help file

Viewer pane displays HTML content, such as Shiny

apps, RMarkdown reports, and interactive visualizations

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app

Publish to shinyapps.io,

rpubs, RSConnect, …

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Tab Panes

Open Shiny, R Markdown,

knitr, Sweave, LaTeX, .Rd files

and more in Source Pane

RStudio recognizes that files named app.R,

server.R, ui.R, and global.R belong to a shiny app

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app

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location to

view app

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shinyapps.io

or server

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publish

accounts

Documents and Apps

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Help > Markdown Quick Reference

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spelling

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output

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output

format

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render

options

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code

chunk

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previous

chunk

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to next

chunk

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code

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to server

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outline

Set knitr

chunk

options

Run this and

all previous

code chunks

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code chunk Jump to

section

or chunk

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Editor

(reverse

side)

GUI Package manager lists every installed package

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library(). Unclick to detach

package with detach().

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from

library

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Packages

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Packages

Package

version

installed

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package site

View(<data>) opens spreadsheet like view of data set

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values

Filter rows by value

or value range

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for value

Turn on at Tools > Project Options > Git/SVN

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D

M

R

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files:

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Current

branch

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staged files

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to remote

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Open shell to type commands

Version

Control

Package Development

Roxygen guide at Help > Roxygen Quick Reference

See package information in the Build Tab

Create a new package with

File > New Project > New Directory > R Package

Enable roxygen documentation with

Tools > Project Options > Build Tools

Install package

and restart R

Run R CMD

check

Run devtools::load_all()

and reload changes

Customize

package build

options

Run

package

tests

Clear output

and rebuild

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your code to open the debugger mode.

Debug Mode

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in executing

environment

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add/remove a breakpoint.

Select function

in traceback to

debug

Highlighted line shows where

execution has paused

Run commands in

environment where

execution has paused

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code one line

at a time

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out of functions

to run

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execution

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mode

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the functions that R called

before the error occurred

Launch debugger

mode from origin

of error

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memory

usage

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collaborators

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Start new R Session

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Close R Session

in project

T H J

Name of

current

project

RStudio saves the call history,

workspace, and working

directory associated with a

project. It reloads each when

you re-open a project.

File > New Project

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output

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output

format

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output

location

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code

chunk

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previous

chunk

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to next

chunk

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selected

lines

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to server

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outline

Set knitr

chunk

options

Run this and

all previous

code chunks

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code chunk

Back to

Source Editor

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or header

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Block

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verbatim

code

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quotes

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formatting

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citations,

equations, and

special

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View the Keyboard Shortcut Quick

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