[R] How to define new operator in R?

Frank Schwidom schwidom at gmx.net
Wed Mar 30 21:33:20 CEST 2011


Hi,

you may overwrite existing opreators in the current environment

for example:

> `+` <- `*`
> 2+3
[1] 6

Regards!

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:04:19AM -0600, Chuanlong Du wrote:
> Hello, everyone!
> 
> Does anyone know how make some symbols have special means in R? For example,
> we know that "+" in R means the sum of the two operand on its left and
> right. I want to define some operators in R by myself. Is this possible?
> 
> Regards!
> 
> -- 
> Chuanlong Du
> Department of Statistcis
> Iowa State University
> Ames, IA, US 50011
> 
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