Don't use the ';' > if (2 > 3) print('Yes'); else print('No') Error: unexpected 'else' in " else" No suitable frames for recover() > if (2 > 3) print('Yes') else print('No') [1] "No" >
'else' is part of the 'if'. The ';' implies the start of a new statement. You do not need the ';' when writing R; you must be coming from a C background. On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Ery Arias-Castro <earia...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > This example seems strange to me: > >> if (2 > 3) print('Yes'); else print('No') > Error: unexpected 'else' in " else" > >> {if (2 > 3) print('Yes'); else print('No')} > Error: unexpected 'else' in "{if (2 > 3) print('Yes'); else" > >> { > + if (2 > 3) print('no') > + else print('yes') > + } > [1] "yes" > > > Any enlightening comments? > > Ery > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Jim Holtman Data Munger Guru What is the problem that you are trying to solve? Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.