Pipes

This lesson is called Pipes, part of the Fundamentals of R course. This lesson is called Pipes, part of the Fundamentals of R course.

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Your Turn

Make sure that you have R 4.1 or higher
Switch to using the native pipe by default
Confirm that the keyboard shortcut works to insert a native pipe

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Rachel Udow • March 17, 2024

First: CTRL + SHIFT + M is a gamechanger for me -- thank you! Second, I wanted to ask, why is there a new native pipe in R, and what is the reason we are using the new native pipe vs. the tidyverse pipe in this course? I currently use the tidyverse pipe in my day-to-day work, so am just curious about whether I should be thinking about switching which pipe I use in that context, too. Thanks!

Libby Heeren Coach • March 17, 2024

HI! Piping has become so handy even outside of the tidyverse that adding a native pipe to R allows it to be used (when not using any of the tidyverse packages) without loading the {magrittr} package (which is the package that gives tidyverse it's %>% pipe). Adding the native pipe means you can load no packages at all and still use piping 🥳 The pipes are (mostly) interchangeable, so I don't think there's a need to switch over old code, but if you'd like to start using the native pipe, you'll be used to it in no time. It took me a while to switch, but I've experienced no big snags.