https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu#0
Because pointers can be ugh
To understand a pointer, let's review "regular" variables first. If you're familiar with a programming language without pointers like JavaScript, this is what you think when you hear "variable".
When declaring a variable by identifier (or name), the variable is synonymous with its value.
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# ipak function: install and load multiple R packages. | |
# check to see if packages are installed. Install them if they are not, then load them into the R session. | |
ipak <- function(pkg){ | |
new.pkg <- pkg[!(pkg %in% installed.packages()[, "Package"])] | |
if (length(new.pkg)) | |
install.packages(new.pkg, dependencies = TRUE) | |
sapply(pkg, require, character.only = TRUE) | |
} |