For loops in R: a tutorial on how to simplify your code without compromising performance (CC173)

For loops get a bad rap in R. In this tutorial, I'll share they syntax for writing a for loop and how we can use a for loop to simplify our code without compromising the performance of our code. This is part of a series of videos demonstrating how to functions from base R to make these data compatible with tools from the tidyverse

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0:00 Creating DRY code with for loops
2:01 Syntax to create a for loop
5:06 Finding patterns in repeated code
10:17 Writing for loop to create distance matrix
11:20 Demonstrating the value of DRY code
13:30 Overcoming concerns about for loops

[marc_CFA_applied_econ]

Thanks Pat. You're doing a great service for experienced and new coders alike.

[mukhtarabdi]

Thanks Pat, I have enjoyed with your series of using R base functions. It will be useful for us if you record another episode about nested loops in R

[hassanhijazi]

Hey Pat,
What is the best practice when you want to populate a list but you don’t know upfront how long this might grow?
What you do in this case?