I've been reading some code from an example in a blog post ( http://www.maxdama.com/ here ) and I came across an operator that I hadn't seen before. The author used a <<- operator to update a variable, like so:
ecov_xy <<- ecov_xy+decay*(x[t]*y[t]-ecov_xy) At first I thought it was a mistake and tried replacing it with the usual <- assignment operator, but I didn't get the same results. So what does the double arrow <<- operator do? -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/What-does-the-operator-mean-tp3466657p3466657.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.
