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R plugin support

Last modified: 28 June 2024

With the R plugin installed in DataSpell, you can perform various statistical computing using R language and use coding assistance, visual debugging, smart running and preview tools, and other popular IDE features. DataSpell supports R 3.4 and later.

With the R plugin, you can also get native support for .R files. Such files are marked with the

R file icon

icon.

R plugin support in DataSpell includes:

  • Coding assistance:

    • Error and syntax highlighting.

    • Code completion.

    • Code refactoring.

    • Ability to create line comments Ctrl0/.

    • Intention actions and quick fixes, including quick fixes for the missing import statements.

  • Auto-saving changes that you make in your files. Saving is triggered by various events, for example, closing a file or a project, or quitting the IDE.

  • Ability to preview data in the graphic and tabular forms.

  • Ability to run and debug R scripts with live variables view.

For more information about the R plugin, refer to the following topics: