What Is Rstudio Project
Rstudio Projects Make It Straightforward to Divide Your Work into Multiple Contexts, Each with Their Own Working Directory, Workspace, History, and Source...
RStudio projects make it straightforward to divide your work into multiple contexts, each with their own working directory, workspace, history, and source documents.
Why should you use R projects?
Using RStudio projects eliminates so much of the early-stage hassle and confusion around reading in and exporting data. Setting up a working directory properly also helps build up good habits that are conducive to reproducible analysis.
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How do I use an R project file?
When you open a project (using File/Open Project in RStudio or by double–clicking on the . Rproj file outside of R), the working directory will automatically be set to the directory that the . RProj file is located in. I recommend creating a new R Project whenever you are starting a new research project.