[R] advice/opinion on "<-" vs "=" in teaching R

[John Kane]

I've only been using R for about 2.5 years but and I'm not all that good  but I vote for <- .

I think the deciding factor is in  RSiteSearch() and the various manuals.

Almost everything I see uses <- .  Why introduce = when it is not used normally?  It will just confuse the students who are trying to use any of the documentation.  

Not to mention they might slammed for bad syntax on the R-help mailing list.  :)



--- On Thu, 1/14/10, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com>
> Subject: [R] advice/opinion on "<-" vs "=" in teaching R
> To: "R help" <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> Received: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:45 PM
> Hi R People:
> 
> I'm teaching a statistical computing class using R starting
> next week
> (yay!) and I have an opinion type question, please.
> 
> I'm old school and use "<-" in an assignment.
> 
> However, I'm starting to see the "=" in the literature.
> 
> Which should I use or does it matter, please?
> 
> Thanks for your input!
> Sincerely,
> Erin
> 
> 
> -- 
> Erin Hodgess
> Associate Professor
> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
> University of Houston - Downtown
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