These slides illustrate the usage of C and C++ from R using the .Call interface and the Rcpp package. These slides were originally part of a general advanced R programming and development course and have now been expanded and made into an individual module. The working examples are inherited from the original course working example, DNA/RNA class system that allows to read sequence data in fasta format, transcribe DNA into RNA, reverse, complement sequences, etc and illustrate DNA sequence GC counting.

These slides have been used for the RSS Practical statistical computing: A workshop on advanced R, organised by the Lancaster RSS group (see 2013-05-21_AdvancedRWorkshop_Lancaster tag).

The rc.[R]md document was developed for an R bootcamp.

See also the educational sequences package for inclusion of the example into a package.

Have a look at the TeachingMaterial repository for more material.

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