The digital world we live in has given companies and people access to staggering amounts of data, and anyone that can make use of that to drive valuable insights stands to benefit. The ability to work with large amounts of data is becoming a standard requirement for countless jobs across multiple industries.

Enter R, probably the most well-known language for data analysis. It's been used for years due to its robust statistical functionality, outstanding graphing ability, and extensibility through packages.

This interactive course will get you up to speed and assumes no prior knowledge of R. You'll start with the very basics and work your way up to advanced concepts like exception handling. By the time you're done, you'll be able to write detailed, useful code in R yourself.

Learn R from Scratch

## The Classic `Hello World` Program
The first program we are going to write is the classic **Hello World** program. 

The purpose of this program is to display the text “Hello World!” to the user. Let's begin.

# The Classic `Hello World` Program
The first program we are going to write is the classic **Hello World** program. 

The purpose of this program is to display the text “Hello World!” to the user. Let's begin.

The first step to learning any language is the classic "Hello World" program.

Getting Started

Variables

Exploring R Objects

R Operators and Notation

Conditional Statements

Loops

Functions

Input/Output

Exception Handling

Classes

Fun Challenges

Conclusion

Hello World

The Classic `Hello World` Program