If I was to make a totally wild leap, I would say it looks like someone using an inappropriate text editor such as Microsoft Word to edit R code.
Stuti, please carefully read and follow the recommendations in the Posting Guide mentioned at the bottom of this and every post on this mailing list before posting again. R is a plain text language, and this list is a plain text mailing list. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On November 24, 2016 12:44:11 PM PST, Rui Barradas <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt> wrote: >Hello, > >I don't see the error you mention. > >j <- function() { > if(!exists ("a")){ > a <- 1 > } else{ > a <- a+1 > } > print(a) >} > >j() >[1] 1 > > >sessionInfo() >R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31) >Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) >Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1 > >locale: >[1] LC_COLLATE=Portuguese_Portugal.1252 >LC_CTYPE=Portuguese_Portugal.1252 >[3] LC_MONETARY=Portuguese_Portugal.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C > >[5] LC_TIME=Portuguese_Portugal.1252 > >attached base packages: >[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > >loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >[1] tools_3.3.2 > >Rui Barradas > >Em 24-11-2016 07:43, Stuti Verma escreveu: >>> j <- function() { >> + if(!exists ("a")){ >> + a <- 1 >> + } else{ >> + a <- a+1 >> + } print(a)} >> >> Error: unexpected symbol in: >> "a <- a+1 >> } print" >> >>> j <- function() { >> + if(!exists ("a")){ >> + a <- 1 >> + } else{ >> + a <- a+1 >> + } print("a")} >> >> Error: unexpected symbol in: >> "a <- a+1 >> } print" >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.