The data.table package

Fernando Figueiredo (Customs) will introduce the data.table package with examples.

As an outline:

Data Management. Subsetting from a data table. Recoding, renaming, deleting and create new variables. Merging data tables. Aggregating data and displaying information.

data.table is a relatively new, powerful package for fast data handling. It has a growing and devoted following. More information can be found at http://datatable.r-forge.r-project.org/