[R] R bug? (if-else problem in main program)

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

This is documented in many places.  See the help page for `if', or in
fuller detail, section 3.2 of the Language Manual.

The solution is to use braces

if(a == 1) {
    print("yes")
} else {
    print("no")
}

as described in ?"if".

On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Anita Gulyasne Goldpergel wrote:

> I've found a very interesting problem in R: the if-else statement doesn't
> work in a main program. Sounds crazy, but true.

This is not `a main program' but using R interactively at the top (prompt)
level.  It will work in a function, the only sort of `programs' that exist
in R.

The help and manuals are your friends!

[...]

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