[R] I have Problem using the Pipe Command

[Eric Berger]

In your R session do

library(magrittr)
1:10 %>% sum()

This should output 55.
If that does not work send the results, include the output of sessionInfo()
showing that you have loaded magrittr.



On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 9:43 AM Ogbos Okike <giftedlife2014 using gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Eric,
> Good morning from Nigeria.
>
> Please, see the output of the session below:
>
> > sessionInfo()
> R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15)
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> Running under: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
>
> Matrix products: default
> BLAS: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/blas/libblas.so.3.7.1
> LAPACK: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lapack/liblapack.so.3.7.1
>
> locale:
>  [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
>  [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
>  [5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
>  [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C
>  [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] compiler_3.4.4
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 8:31 PM Eric Berger <ericjberger using gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Please show the output of
>> > sessionInfo()
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 7:49 PM Ogbos Okike <giftedlife2014 using gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Duncan for contributing. I quickly tried entering the command on
>>> a
>>> new line. But the error pointed specifically to the point. It didn't run.
>>> Best regards
>>> Ogbos
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On 2024-06-18 12:17 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote:
>>> > >     You probably have to update your R version. The native pipe |>
>>> wasn't
>>> > > introduced until R version 4.4.  R.version.string (among others) will
>>> > > tell you what version you have.
>>> >
>>> > Typo: it was introduced in R 4.1.0.
>>> >
>>> > Another possible problem is with line breaks.  This works:
>>> >
>>> >   1:10 |>
>>> >   mean()
>>> >
>>> > but this fails:
>>> >
>>> >   1:10
>>> >   |> mean()
>>> >
>>> > Duncan Murdoch
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> > >     If you don't want to do that, install and load the 'magrittr'
>>> package
>>> > > and change |> to %>% everywhere.
>>> > >
>>> > > On 2024-06-18 12:13 p.m., Ogbos Okike wrote:
>>> > >> Greetings to everyone and thank you for your readiness to help.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> I have problems using the pipe command (|>).
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Once I have it in any script on my system, it won't.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> The error message will say:
>>> > >>
>>> > >> unexpected '>'
>>> > >> I loaded the two packages below to see if it would handle it. But
>>> the
>>> > >> problem remains.
>>> > >> library(magrittr)
>>> > >> library(dplyr)
>>> > >>
>>> > >> I searched to see if there was a way to install the command. But I
>>> was
>>> > not
>>> > >> successful.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Please tell me what to do to be able to use the pipe command on my
>>> > system.
>>> > >> I would be grateful for any help.
>>> > >> Thank you.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Sincerely yours
>>> > >> Ogbos
>>> > >>
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