[R] = vs. ==?

[Pedro de Barros]

Hi.

= means assignment (like a=2, may be used instead of a <- 2, although 
I prefer to always use <-); It is also used to pass values to 
arguments in named argument lists, or to set default argument values).

== is the boolean (logical) operator for testing whether two values are equal
e.g. a <- 2
b <- 2

then a == b is TRUE

Hope this helps,
Pedro
At 13:28 2008/04/15, Linn wrote:

>Hi
>Could anyone please explain to me the difference between the = and the ==?
>I'm quite new to R and I've tried to find out but didn't get any wiser...
>
>Thanks
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