Dear Petter,
Take a look at this post:

http://www.nabble.com/What-to-use-for-assignment,-"-%3D-"-or-"-<--"--to16521827.html#a16521827<http://www.nabble.com/What-to-use-for-assignment,-%22-%3D-%22-or-%22-%3C--%22--to16521827.html#a16521827>


HTH,

Jorge



On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Petter Hedberg <ekologkonsult@gmail.com>wrote:

> I´m a PhD student at the University of Warsaw, and have started using R.
> In many books they specify to use <- instead of = when assigning
> values, and this is also mentioned in older posts on the R website.
>
> However, it seams to me that some update has occured, becuase I
> continously get the same result wether I use <- or =.
>
> I would be extremely helpful for any answer to this.
> = seams more intuitive, so I assumed that an update had been made due
> to popular demand and that was why I get the same output wether I use
> <- or =.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Petter Hedberg
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