1  First steps with Polars

First of all we need to install all the packages and create an big random dataset needed for this book to work, so don’t bother with the following code:

1.1 Installation

Until the R polars package is uploaded to CRAN, the polars package development team offers several solutions for installation.

The most practical one in my opinion at the moment is to use R-universe and install like this:

To know the version of the polars package you have just installed and to have information on which features are enabled, you can use the polars_info() function.