[R] Strange error on text assignment to variable

[Frede Aakmann Tøgersen]

Hi

Well, for is  a basic control-flow construct and as such a reserved word in R. See e.g.  ?for

Yours sincerely / Med venlig hilsen


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
> On Behalf Of Sumitrajit Dhar
> Sent: 22. januar 2014 08:01
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Strange error on text assignment to variable
> 
> Hello folks,
> 
> I am using
> 
> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) -- "Frisbee Sailing"
> Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit)
> 
> 
> on Mac OS 10.9.1
> 
> When I try a simple assignment as below, the first "For" works but the
> second "for" gives me an error.
> 
> > P_for <- expression(P[For])
> > P_for <- expression(P[for])
> Error: unexpected ']' in "P_for <- expression(P[for]"
> 
> I have tested the following to work just fine:
> > P_for <- expression(P[For])
> > P_for <- expression(P[F])
> > P_for <- expression(P[f])
> > P_for <- expression(P[fo])
> > P_for <- expression(P[Fo])
> > P_for <- expression(P[or])
> 
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
> 
> Regards,
> Sumit
> 
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