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Preface
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This introduction to R is derived from an original set of notes
describing the S and S-PLUS environments written in 1990-2 by Bill
Venables and David M. Smith when at the University of Adelaide.  We have
made a number of small changes to reflect differences between the R and
S programs, and expanded some of the material.

   We would like to extend warm thanks to Bill Venables (and David
Smith) for granting permission to distribute this modified version of
the notes in this way, and for being a supporter of R from way back.

   Comments and corrections are always welcome.  Please address email
correspondence to <R-core@R-project.org>.

Suggestions to the reader
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Most R novices will start with the introductory session in Appendix A.
This should give some familiarity with the style of R sessions and more
importantly some instant feedback on what actually happens.

   Many users will come to R mainly for its graphical facilities.  Note:
Graphics, which can be read at almost any time and need not wait until
all the preceding sections have been digested.

Introduction and preliminaries