Comparison with other tools

• Comparison with R / R libraries
  • Quick reference
  • Base R
  • plyr
  • reshape / reshape2
• Comparison with SQL
  • Copies vs. in place operations
  • SELECT
  • WHERE
  • GROUP BY
  • JOIN
  • UNION
  • LIMIT
  • pandas equivalents for some SQL analytic and aggregate functions
  • UPDATE
  • DELETE
• Comparison with spreadsheets
  • Data structures
  • Data input / output
  • Data operations
  • String processing
  • Merging
  • Other considerations
• Comparison with SAS
  • Data structures
  • Data input / output
  • Data operations
  • String processing
  • Merging
  • Missing data
  • GroupBy
  • Other considerations
• Comparison with Stata
  • Data structures
  • Data input / output
  • Data operations
  • String processing
  • Merging
  • Missing data
  • GroupBy
  • Other considerations

How to manipulate textual data? Comparison with R / R libraries