[R] R is GNU S, not C.... [was "how to get or store ....."]

[vincent@7d4.com]

Patrick Burns a écrit :

> We get questions on R-help often enough about why
> code like:
> 
> if(x > 0) y <- 4
> else y <- 4.5e23
> 
> doesn't work.
> 
> If people habitually used semi-colons, those sorts of
> questions would probably multiply.

I wrote "end of line" in my first message,
but in fact I did mean "end of statement".

By the way, there will always be more ways to make mistakes
than to make rigth ... with or without semi-colons ;-)