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data.table (version 1.8.0)

Extension of data.frame for fast indexing, fast ordered joins, fast assignment, fast grouping and list columns.

Description

Enhanced data.frame. Fast indexing, fast ordered joins, fast assignment, fast grouping and list columns in a short and flexible syntax. i and j may be expressions of column names directly, for faster development. Example: X[Y] is a fast join for large data.

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Install

install.packages('data.table')

Monthly Downloads

1,037,494

Version

1.8.0

License

GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

M Dowle and T Short

Last Published

July 16th, 2012

Functions in data.table (1.8.0)

IDateTime

Integer based date class
tables

Display all objects of class 'data.table'
duplicated

Determine Duplicate Rows
data.table

Enhanced data.frame
chmatch

Faster match of character vectors
merge

Merge Two Data Tables
data.table-class

S4 Definition for data.table
between

Convenience function for range subset logic.
like

Convenience function for calling regexpr.
timetaken

Pretty print of time taken
last

Last item of an object
truelength

Over-allocation access
J

Creates a Join data table
subset.data.table

Subsetting data.tables
test.data.table

Runs a set of tests.
all.equal

Equality Test Between Two Data Tables
setkey

Create key on a data table
:=

Assignment by reference
transform.data.table

Data table utilities