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How to sum a column in R?

Understand the Problem

The question is asking for guidance on how to perform the summation of a specific column in the R programming language. This typically involves using a function to calculate the total of values in that column of a data frame.

Answer

sum(data_frame$column_name)

The final answer is sum(data_frame$column_name)

Answer for screen readers

The final answer is sum(data_frame$column_name)

More Information

The sum function is used to calculate the sum of a vector in R. To calculate the sum of a specific column in a data frame, you can reference the column using data_frame$column_name.

Tips

A common mistake is forgetting to handle NA values in the column, which can be addressed by using the na.rm=TRUE argument.

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