How to Use R with Google Colab Notebook

Amy @GrabNGoInfo
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5 min readMay 9, 2022

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Run both python and R code in the same Python Colab notebook, and switch between python dataframe and R dataframe

How to Use R with Google Colab Notebook. Run both python and R code in the same Python Colab notebook, and switch between python dataframe and R dataframe
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This tutorial talks about how to use R with Google Colab notebook. Google Colab notebook is typically used for python in data science, but there are some R packages that are more mature than their python counterparts. So it’s convenient to use both python and R for data science projects and get the best of both languages.

In this tutorial, You will learn:

  • How to create a Colab notebook for R?
  • How to run both python and R code in the same Python Colab notebook?
  • How to switch between python dataframe and R dataframe?

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Let’s get started!

Section 1: Create R Notebook in Google Colab

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