R Programming for Bioinformatics (Hardcover)

Due to its data handling and modeling capabilities as well as its flexibility, R is becoming the most widely used software in bioinformatics. R Programming for Bioinformatics explores the programming skills needed to use this software tool for the solution of bioinformatics and computational biology problems.

Drawing on the author’s first-hand experiences as an expert in R, the book begins with coverage on the general properties of the R language, several unique programming aspects of R, and object-oriented programming in R. It presents methods for data input and output as well as database interactions. The author also examines different facets of string handling and manipulations, discusses the interfacing of R with other languages, and describes how to write software packages. He concludes with a discussion on the debugging and profiling of R code.

With numerous examples and exercises, this practical guide focuses on developing R programming skills in order to tackle problems encountered in bioinformatics and computational biology.

由於其數據處理和建模能力以及靈活性，R語言正成為生物信息學中最廣泛使用的軟件。《R語言生物信息學編程》探討了使用這個軟件工具解決生物信息學和計算生物學問題所需的編程技能。

本書作者以自己作為R語言專家的第一手經驗為基礎，首先介紹了R語言的一般特性，以及R語言的幾個獨特的編程方面和面向對象的編程。書中介紹了數據輸入和輸出的方法，以及與數據庫的交互。作者還討論了字符串處理和操作的不同方面，討論了R語言與其他語言的接口，並描述了如何編寫軟件包。最後，作者討論了R代碼的調試和性能分析。

通過大量的例子和練習，這本實用指南旨在發展R編程技能，以應對生物信息學和計算生物學中遇到的問題。