[R-sig-teaching] The pedagogy of the assignment operator

[Murray Jorgensen]

Greetings all,

in my own R code I have used various forms of the R assignment operator 
at different times in my life. There are arguments for and against each 
choice.

A question I would like this sig is whether there are any specifically 
teaching reasons for preferring one form over another?

A second question, mainly to clarify the first, is whether different 
forms might be preferred for different types of student?

Awaiting responses with interest  -  Murray

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