====== Helper functions for R ======

===== Access a table column by its name =====
Suppose there is a **Table** stored in the variable **myTable** and the user wants to access the column named **Data**:
<code rsplus>
myTable$Data
</code>

===== Discover the type of a variable =====
<code rsplus>
typeof( variableName )
</code>

===== Convert a variable to Character =====
Suppose there is a **Table** stored in the variable **myTable** and the column **Names** refer to a column of **Factors**
<code rsplus>
myTable$Names <- as.character( myTable$Names )
</code>

===== Read a .CSV file to Table =====
Suppose the file to be read is located at C:/Users/Default/Documents/information.csv
<code rsplus>
newTable <- read.csv( "C:/Users/Default/Documents/information.csv", stringsAsFactors = FALSE )
</code>