What are these symbols characters used for in R

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I recently saw a code as shown below:

text_df %>%
  unnest_tokens(word,text_df, to_lower=FALSE)

I am unable to understand the usage of %>% symbol.

Aug 28, 2018 in Data Analytics by Anmol
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The %>% is the pipe operator used to divide the code multiline pipping, this is done just to increase the usability.

It has same functioning as of <- symbol with a addition to take multiline commands
answered Aug 28, 2018 by Abhi
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It is a forward-pipe operator.

You can use it to pass the left-hand side input through the right-hand side operator. In mathematical terms, it is the following operation:

x%>%f which translates to f(x)

Here is a simple example, where I create a vector of values, take the root square of every number and then compute the sum:

c(1,2,3,4) %>% Map(sqrt, .) %>%  Reduce(sum, .)
# The output: [1] 6.146264
It is very useful when you need to apply many different transformations to your data and don’t want to save the intermediate results or have many opening and closing function parentheses.

Consider writing the following:

x %>% impute %>% shuffle %>% pivot
versus the alternative:

pivot(shuffle(impute(x)))
I hope you get the point by now.

Moreover, this technique is very handy when cleaning data.

You can use it in your R session by loading the magrittr package: library(magrittr)

answered Aug 29, 2018 by zombie
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%>% is called a pipe. The process of using pipe is called piping.

Piping is generally used to avoid intermediate variable creation.

It helps in faster execution and easier understanding of opeartions.

A pipe genrally follow below structure -

dataset %>% function1(dataset/list/vector) %>% function2(dataset/list/vector) %>% . . . . . .  

Which follows the operation as output of function1 to function2 and so on..
answered Aug 7, 2019 by anonymous

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