How to Correctly Use Lists in R?

Brief background: Many (most?) contemporary programming languages in widespread use have at least a handful of ADTs [abstract data types] in common, in particular, string (a sequence comprised of characters) list (an ordered collection of values), and map-based type (an unordered array that maps keys to values) In the R programming language, the first two … Read more

What is the difference between an Abstract Data Type(ADT) and a Data Structure?

This may help: To put it simple, ADT is a logical description and data structure is concrete. ADT is the logical picture of the data and the operations to manipulate the component elements of the data. Data structure is the actual representation of the data during the implementation and the algorithms to manipulate the data … Read more