[R] "=" vs "<-" operator

jim holtman jholtman at gmail.com
Mon Jul 26 16:04:57 CEST 2010


Check the mail archieve on this;  there has been a long discussion.

To avoid trouble in the future, use "<-" as the assignment operator.

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Alaios <alaios at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello
> I notice that in Linux the "=" operator works like the "<-" operator
> So a=3 is similar to a<-3.
> Could you please verify me that is correct? I would like to use "=" operator. Do
> you think that might be a problem in the future?
>
> Best Regards
> Alex
>
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