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Code in text, function names, filenames, file extensions, user input, and R package names are shown as follows: "The knn() function in the class package provides a standard, classic implementation of the k-NN algorithm."

R user input and output is written as follows:

> table(mushrooms$type)

   edible poisonous 
     4208      3916

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "The Task Views link on the left side of the CRAN page provides a curated list of packages."