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An R function return and assignment puzzle

Here is an R programming puzzle. What does the following code snippet actually do? And ever harder: what does it mean? (See here for some material on the difference between what code does and what code means.) f <- function() { x <- 5 } f() In R version 3.2.3 […]

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Prefer = for assignment in R

We share our opinion that = should be preferred to the more standard <- for assignment in R. This is from a draft of the appendix of our upcoming book. This has the risk of becoming an R version of Javascript’s semicolon controversy, but here you have it.

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An R function return and assignment puzzle

Prefer = for assignment in R

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