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C++ for R Users

About the Book

This is a collection of how I solved different C++ errors. Some of this required to check multiple sources and spend hours looking for online resources.

About the Author

Mauricio 'Pacha' Vargas Sepúlveda
Mauricio 'Pacha' Vargas Sepúlveda

I am a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Toronto. My research interests include International Relations, Canadian Politics and Public Policy, with a focus on the politics of trade agreements and sanctions. I have a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Toronto, a Master of Science in Statistics from the Catholic University of Chile, and an Engineering degree from the University of Chile. I can provide my CV (academic/professional) upon request. You can reach me at m.sepulveda+removethis@mail.utoronto.ca (please remove the +removethis).

See my website (pacha.dev) and my blog (pacha.dev/blog).

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Setup
    • C++ Setup
    • R Setup
  • Package Skeleton
    • Motivation
    • Loading the Required R
    • Running a single function
    • Creating a Dummy Package
    • Print a Number
    • Number's Sign
    • Installing the Package
    • Good Practice
  • Statistical Functions
    • Motivation
    • Fair Warning
    • Statistical details
    • Load the Package
    • Additional Packages
    • \texorpdfstring{Sum of Vector Elements
    • \texorpdfstring{Arithmetic Mean
    • \texorpdfstring{Variance
    • Root Mean Square Error
  • Logical Functions
    • Motivation
    • Fair Warning
    • Load the Package
    • Additional Packages
    • \texorpdfstring{Are Some Values True?
    • \texorpdfstring{Which Indices are TRUE?
    • \texorpdfstring{Are All Values True?
  • Rolling Functions
    • Motivation
    • Fair Warning
    • Load the Package
    • Additional Packages
    • \texorpdfstring{Cumulative Sum
    • \texorpdfstring{Cumulative Product
    • \texorpdfstring{Range of Values
  • Statistical Functions with Missing
    • Motivation
    • Load the Package
    • Additional Packages
    • \texorpdfstring{Sum of Vector Elements
    • \texorpdfstring{Arithmetic Mean
    • \texorpdfstring{Variance
    • Root Mean Square Error
  • Rolling functions with missing
    • Motivation
    • Load the Package
    • Additional Packages
    • \texorpdfstring{Cumulative sum
    • \texorpdfstring{Cumulative product
    • \texorpdfstring{Cumulative minimum
    • \texorpdfstring{Cumulative maximum
  • Debugging R Packages
    • Motivation
    • Load the Package
    • Compiler Setup
    • Testing for Memory Leaks
    • Adding a configure script
    • Testing with Docker
  • Compiler optimization
    • Motivation
    • Read and write
    • External pointers
  • Worked Examples
    • Motivation
    • Instructional examples
    • Useful R/C++ Integration
  • Compiler optimization
    • Motivation
    • User-wide Makevars
    • Anticonf scripts
  • Linear Algebra
    • Motivation
    • Using Armadillo

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