When I load an Excel file as text, dates are loaded as an integer (for example 42705). Converting them to R dates is easy, but I often forget the value I should use in the argument origin to actually make the conversion. This post is to keep the reminder at hand. ...
In legal documents in Spanish language it is often necessary to include the “value in words” of a number—for example, $2400 (dos mil cuatrocientos pesos). I created the package spanish2 to automate this task. If you are curious to learn more about this package, please keep reading. If you’d like to install it or view its code, you can access its GitHub repository. Writing this package inspired this article about how to write an R package using Emacs and ESS (Emacs Speaks Statistics). You might want to check it out! ...
This article provides a step-by-step guide to writing R packages using Emacs’ ESS (Emacs Speaks Statistics) mode. By the end, you’ll have created a simple package called dummyaddition, which can perform the simple task of adding two numbers or paste two strings. ...