[R] difference between ifelse and if...else?

[jeremiah rounds]

ifelse is vectorized.

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Jinsong Zhao <jszhao at yeah.net> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I don't know why the following codes are return different results.
>
> > ifelse(3 > 2, 1:3, length(1:3))
> [1] 1
> > if (3 > 2) 1:3 else length(1:3)
> [1] 1 2 3
>
> Any hints?
>
> Best,
> Jinsong
>
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