17 Other Languages

You can use other languages in R.

17.1 SQL

Use the sqldf package to write code. The SQL must all be contained within " ".

library(sqldf)
sqldf("select * from mtcars where wt > 4") 

# is equivalent to:

mtcars %>% filter(wt > 4)

17.2 Python

If you have Python installed on you computer, you can use the reticulate package to run Python code within R.

library(reticulate)