@recology_ multicore and snow are now part of base. So those functions just work. Also:
library(parallel)
?makeCluster
@JacquelynGill no worries. Just did a R workshop for ecologists this am. Plenty of these types of questions.
rOpenSci New post-Use case: combining taxize and rgbif, OR 'how do I check species names, then get occurrence data' bit.ly/uGrYXG #rstats
@JacquelynGill Super easy. If the var is in a column df_name[,-5] if it is the 5th column. 5 can be a range e.g. 2:5 or specific cols c(1,4)
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