[R] authorized characters and symbols

[vincent.stoliaroff@socgen.com]

Hi R lovers

Obviously I cannot use the underscore "_ " character to name an object in R
Is there a special reason for that ?

I want to use it to rename a function
maybe the problem is due to the nature of the object I work on

thanks for any comments on that very little and not very bothering trouble





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