[R] Getting a Error: unexpected symbol in:

[Bert Gunter]

As what is going on is completely obvious, I think you need to consult
a local programmer to explain it to you -- probably a 15 year old kid
will do. Seriously. Doesn't have to know R (other than that a
multiline's function's code/body must be enclosed in "{ }." Perhaps
reading an R tutorial (maybe "An Intro to R", which ships with R --
have you read it? If not, why not??)  might also do.

Cheers,
Bert

Bert Gunter
Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics
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is certainly not wisdom."
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Sajjad Jafri <sjafri83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to create a simple function that finds the number of days
> between two dates. However, when I run the  function, R gives me an error
> message saying:
>
>
>
> unexpected '}' in "        }"
>
> Here is my function:
>
> #create a function that finds the number of days between two dates
> diffdate<-function(x,y){
>         z<-unclass(as.Date(x))
>         z1<-unclass(as.Date(y))
>         }
>         {
>                 return z1-z
>         }
>
>         [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
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