foreach-package {foreach}R Documentation

The Foreach Package

Description

The foreach package provides a new looping construct for executing R code repeatedly. The main reason for using the foreach package is that it supports parallel execution. The foreach package can be used with a variety of different parallel computing systems, include NetWorkSpaces and snow. In addition, foreach can be used with iterators, which allows the data to specified in a very flexible way.

Details

Further information is available in the following help topics:
foreach Specify the variables to iterate over
%do% Execute the R expression sequentially
%dopar% Execute the R expression using the currently registered backend

For a complete list of functions with individual help pages, use library(help="foreach").


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