It seems that 'return' is not necessary when returning a value. If this is the case, I don't understand why 'return' is a keyword in R. Is there a case in which I have to use 'return'? > f<-function(x) { + x + } > g<-function(x) { + return(x) + } > print(f(2)) [1] 2 > print(g(2)) [1] 2 >