1 [[!meta title="Learning R: Basic Variables and Objects"]]
6 Like most computer languages, R uses variables as a means of storing
7 information in memory and retrieving it later. A variable
9 In R, variables are more correctly called objects, because they have
10 structure and do not directly refer to a memory.
18 A vector is the major data type used in R. You can think of it as a
19 line of cells, each containing a value of the same type.
20 [Type here means a number or a string.]