The Unix Shell: Lesson 4. Pipes and Filters
Word count without flags is used to initially introduce the command and outputs three points of data - character, word, and line count. Then -l is added to show how line count is attained. It would be helpful to also include wc -cwl to show that the output is the same as default without flags. This would help by teaching about default flags and also inc

The first episode is more a description of "a" version control system, rather than of Git. I think that's useful as this is the first exposure of many learners to the concept. Also, the model based on diffs in not completely accurate for Git. A compromise to be both accurate and keep it simple could be to change the second objective to reflect this. So, what about?

Understand the basics

Dear Community,

There is a typo in the section titled "The StringsAsFactors argument" after the second block of code that demonstrates the use of the str() function. Right after the code boxes is written "We can see that the $Color and $State columns are factors and $Speed is a numeric column", but the box shows that the $Color column is a vector of strings.

Regards,

Rodolfo

I'm a member of The Carpentries staff and I'm submitting this issue on behalf of another member of the community. In most cases I won't be able to follow up or provide more details other that what I'm providing below.

Hi,

As part of the checkout process for carpentries, it is encouraged that we provide feedback to one of the modules. Going through the Python Novice Mindgap section on li

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The True and False Statements exercise in the Making Choices lesson would be more clear with some else statements to display the results when the value is considered false.
For example:
if [ ]
disp('empty is true')
else
disp('empty array is false')
end

Also, when learning I found the use of "foo" everywhere in examples confusing and frustrating, using a word that means something to