Most R users believe that there is a clear distinction between " <- " and "=". Gabor's example is a wonderful illustration of that distinction. Most users recommend " <- " for assignment for greater clarity and readability. The important characteristic for readability is the space on both sides of the assignment arrow. Without spacing for human legibility anything will look bad.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gabor Grothendieck Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 05:50 PM To: Nasser Abbasi Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] is it safe to replace every "<-" by "=" in R code? No. > f <- function(a = 3, b = 4) a-b > f(b = 10) [1] -7 > f(b <- 10) [1] 6 but if you only replace it in the context: x <- ... then it should be ok. On Jan 13, 2008 5:41 PM, Nasser Abbasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi; > > When I first started looking at R code, I thought that the <- notation for > assignment made the code less readable (and I still do). Then I found that > now one can use "=" in place of "<-" for assignment (I understand this > started since version 1.4). Anyway, I think using "=" makes the code much > more readable. > > I was wondering, would it be safe if I replace all the occurrences of "<-" > by "=" in any function of R? Or do you think this will break things? > > I like to look at a pretty code, and I just can't stand looking at those > "<-" any more :) > > I am using latest version of R on windoz platform. > > thanks > Nasser > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
