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title: Objects in R
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---
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## Objects
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R allows to save the data by storing it inside an R object.
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## What’s an object?
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It is just a name that you can use to call up stored data. For example, you can save data into an object like a or b.
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```r
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> a <- 5
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> a
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[1] 5
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```
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## How to create an Object in R?
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1. To create an R object, choose a name and then use the less-than symbol, `<`,
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followed by a minus sign, `-`, to save data into it. This combination looks like an
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arrow, `<-`. R will make an object, give it your name, and store in it whatever
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follows the arrow.
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2. When you ask R what’s in a, it tells you on the next line. For example:
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```r
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> die <- 1:6
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> die
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[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6
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```
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3. You can name an object in R almost anything you want, but there are a few rules. First,
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a name cannot start with a number.
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Second, a name cannot use some special symbols, like `^, !, $, @, +, -, /, or *`:
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4. R also understands capitalization (or is case-sensitive), so name and Name will refer to different objects.
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5. You can see which object names you have already used with the function `ls()`.
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## References
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* [Official Docs](https://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html)
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* [Objects in R by r-bloggers](https://www.r-bloggers.com/classes-and-objects-in-r/)
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* [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-lang.html)
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