On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:23:27 +0100 Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen <traxpla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is that exactly the same as: > f <- function(x,y) x * y > ? > > Is there any benefit to the first or second way to define a function? The \(arguments) syntax has been introduced in R 4.1.0: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/NEWS.html (search for "\(x)"). It is the same as function(arguments). The only benefit is slightly less typing; could be useful if you use the native R pipe (also introduced in R 4.1.0, search for "|>") and want to call an anonymous function in the right-hand side of the pipe. -- Best regards, Ivan ______________________________________________ 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.
