On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 at 12:40, Ivan Krylov <krylov.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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.
Thanks. It is a nice new feature. I will start using it in my apply fun's eg: apply(mtcars, 2, \(x) length(unique(x))) Regards Martin [[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.