session02_april5.R

#This script illustrates how to write an R Script
#Kristen Sosulski
#April 5, 2016

# setting my working directory
setwd("~/Dropbox/R_Stat_Workshop/practice_exercises_in_progress")

# remove globalvars. 
rm(list=ls())

#assigning our variables
x = "10"
print(x)

## [1] "10"

y= 100
print(y)

## [1] 100

x = as.numeric(x)
print(x)

## [1] 10

#our calc

print(x*y)

## [1] 1000