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Developers describe Pandas as "High-performance, easy-to-use data structures and data analysis tools for the Python programming language". Flexible and powerful data analysis / manipulation library for Python, providing labeled data structures similar to R data.frame objects, statistical functions, and much more. On the other hand, R is detailed as "A language and environment for statistical computing and graphics". R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, ...) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible.

Pandas can be classified as a tool in the "Data Science Tools" category, while R is grouped under "Languages".

"Easy data frame management" is the top reason why over 16 developers like Pandas, while over 58 developers mention "Data analysis " as the leading cause for choosing R.

Pandas is an open source tool with 20.2K GitHub stars and 8K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Pandas's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, R has a broader approval, being mentioned in 128 company stacks & 97 developers stacks; compared to Pandas, which is listed in 73 company stacks and 49 developer stacks.

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Pros of Pandas
Pros of R Language
  • 21
    Easy data frame management
  • 1
    Extensive file format compatibility
  • 83
    Data analysis
  • 62
    Graphics and data visualization
  • 53
    Free
  • 45
    Great community
  • 38
    Flexible statistical analysis toolkit
  • 27
    Easy packages setup
  • 27
    Access to powerful, cutting-edge analytics
  • 18
    Interactive
  • 13
    R Studio IDE
  • 9
    Hacky
  • 7
    Shiny apps
  • 6
    Preferred Medium
  • 6
    Shiny interactive plots
  • 5
    Automated data reports
  • 4
    Cutting-edge machine learning straight from researchers
  • 3
    Machine Learning
  • 2
    Graphical visualization
  • 1
    Flexible Syntax

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Cons of Pandas
Cons of R Language
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    • 6
      Very messy syntax
    • 4
      Tables must fit in RAM
    • 3
      Arrays indices start with 1
    • 2
      Messy syntax for string concatenation
    • 2
      No push command for vectors/lists
    • 1
      Messy character encoding
    • 0
      Poor syntax for classes
    • 0
      Messy syntax for array/vector combination

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    What is Pandas?

    Flexible and powerful data analysis / manipulation library for Python, providing labeled data structures similar to R data.frame objects, statistical functions, and much more.

    What is R Language?

    R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, ...) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible.

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