GLOSSARY.md

encoding

• a mapping of data values to chart properties.

argument

• input to a function.

# in GGPlot2 the first argument to the ggplot command is usually a dataframe

p = ggplot(df)

function

• code invoked by a specific command name. Takes arguments as input.

# You can "write" text as output using the print function. The argument will be written as output.

print("This will be written to your output.")

syntax

• the way, we write code, i.e. the grammer.