R Assignment Operators

Assignment operators & assign function in R

x = 9 # assignment operator, equal to symbol

x <- 5 # assignment operator (recommended), less than

x <- 1:4

8 -> var # assignment operator, greater than


for better readability of R code, use <- for assignment and = for specifying named parameters.

<-, <<-, = # Leftwards assignment
->, ->> # Rightwards assignment


assign("x", 10) # assignment function, in R language

assign("x", c(8,3,9999))

assign("vect", 1:10)

assign("a", 3, envir = e1)


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