[R] assign values

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Please do read the posting guide.
The answer to your question can be found by help("<-") or help("=").

      The '<-' can be used anywhere, but the '=' is
      only allowed at the top level (that is, in the complete expression
      typed by the user) or as one of the subexpressions in a braced
      list of expressions.

If you don't fully understand that, just use <- always.

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005, someone not signing his posting wrote:

> Any difference between <- and =
>
> to assign the values?
>
> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html

and no HTML mail please, as we ask.

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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