I currently rarely use R for data processing or cleaning because my daily work involves a lot of string extraction/processing, which is difficult to do in R. Additionally, the error tracking in R is very demanding on code proficiency and experience, making it almost unbearable for me to write and maintain R code (I tried at a previous company…). However, recently one of my colleagues asked me to use R to complete such tasks because he only knows R. In the process of copying code, I discovered another reason why I don’t need to use R for this type of work…