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 <section id="suggestions-for-learning-r" class="level2" data-number="1.3">
 <h2 data-number="1.3" class="anchored" data-anchor-id="suggestions-for-learning-r"><span class="header-section-number">1.3</span> Suggestions for Learning <strong>R</strong></h2>
 <ul>
-<li>Learn interactively! Retype and experiment with lots of sample code; you won’t break it. These notes contain several code examples and you can find many more online.</li>
+<li>Learn interactively! Retype and experiment with lots of sample code; you won’t break it. These notes contain many code examples and you can find many more online.</li>
 <li>Don’t worry about getting errors. Even experienced <strong>R</strong> users make errors all the time. Besides, you can learn a lot from error messages.</li>
 <li>Ask other <strong>R</strong> users for help.</li>
 <li>Some useful links are:

docs/index.html

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-<p>Last modified: 2024-06-05</p>
+<p>Last modified: 2024-06-11</p>
 <section id="preface" class="level1 unnumbered">
 <h1 class="unnumbered">Preface</h1>
 <section id="who-are-this-notes-for" class="level2 unnumbered">
 <h2 class="unnumbered anchored" data-anchor-id="who-are-this-notes-for">Who are this notes for?</h2>
-<p>These notes are a intended for anyone that wants to use <strong>R</strong> but has little or no experience using it, and little or no experience in programming.</p>
+<p>These notes are a intended for anyone that wants to use <strong>R</strong> but has little or no experience using it, and little or no experience in programming. These notes are self-contained and form the basis for in-person workshops hosted by CSCAR (see contact information below). During the workshops, we also use a slideshow based on these notes. This slideshow is available <a href="https://cscar.github.io/workshop-r-intro/slideshow.html">here</a>.</p>
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 ## Who are this notes for? {.unnumbered}
 
-These notes are a intended for anyone that wants to use **R** but has little or no 
-experience using it, and little or no experience in programming.
+These notes are a intended for anyone that wants to use **R** but has little or 
+no experience using it, and little or no experience in programming. These notes are self-contained and form the basis for in-person workshops hosted by CSCAR (see contact information below). During the workshops, we also use a slideshow based on these notes. This slideshow is available [here](https://cscar.github.io/workshop-r-intro/slideshow.html).
 
 ## Creation of this document {.unnumbered}
 

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@@ -729,6 +729,11 @@ <h2>Object names have rules</h2>
 <li class="fragment">Names can <em>not</em> include white spaces.</li>
 <li class="fragment">If a name starts with a period <code>.</code>, it can <em>not</em> be followed by a digit.</li>
 <li class="fragment">Names can <em>not</em> start with a number or an underscore <code>_</code>.</li>
+</ul>
+</section>
+<section id="object-names-have-rules-1" class="slide level2">
+<h2>Object names have rules</h2>
+<ul>
 <li class="fragment">Names are case-sensitive (<code>age</code>, <code>Age</code> and <code>AGE</code> are three different objects).</li>
 <li class="fragment">Reserved words can <em>not</em> be used as names (<code>TRUE</code>, <code>FALSE</code>, <code>NULL</code>, <code>if</code>, …).</li>
 </ul>

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@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ Think of an integer, double it, add six, divide it in half, subtract the number
 + Names can *not* include white spaces.
 + If a name starts with a period `.`, it can *not* be followed by a digit.
 + Names can *not* start with a number or an underscore `_`.
+
+## Object names have rules
+
 + Names are case-sensitive (`age`, `Age` and `AGE` are three different objects).
 + Reserved words can *not* be used as names (`TRUE`, `FALSE`, `NULL`, `if`, ...).