S-Lang for beginners
I recommend the following sections of the
S-Lang manual
"A Guide to the S-Lang Language":
(The section numbering refers to the
pdf
/
HTML
version.)
Chapter 2/
3: Overview of the Language
is a useful short overview of the features of S-Lang
Chapter 3/
4: Data Types and Literal Constants
is short, but contains mostly technical details
Chapter 4/
5: Identifiers
and Chapter 5/
6: Variables
are extremely short and worth knowing
Chapter 6/
7: Operators
is essentially important (at least up to the boolean operators)
Chapter 7/
8: Statements
is essentially important for programming
Chapter 8/
9: Functions
is important (at least up to the multiple assignment statement)
Chapter 10/
11: Arrays
is very important for data analysis
Chapter 12/
13: Structures
, Sections
Defining a Structure
and
Accessing the Fields of a Structure
are short, but important for data analysis