This is for the same reason that:
3
+4
Does not give 7. R is optimized for interactive use, so if a statement
can be considered complete, it evaluates it instead of waiting for more.
In your case:
if(mxx>mxy)
mxy=mxx
Is a complete statement and is evaluated without waiting to see if there
is an else clause. Then it looks at the else and does not know what to
do with it. To make sure that R waits until after you define the else
clause before processing, write it like:
if(mxx>mxy){
mxy <- mxx
} else {
mxx <- mxy
}
Here the {} groups make it clear that there is more to come.
Hope this helps,
--
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beck, Kenneth (STP)
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:22 AM
> To: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: [R] If(cond) statement
>
> Why will this simple statement not work? I think I am
> following the documentation for if(cond) statements, and I
> have tried wrapping the cons.expr and alt.expr in {}, I get
> the same error. There is no example in the help file, and
> this is not covered in the Introduction to R, SimpleR or
> other tutorials I have looked into.
>
> mxx=max(cpx_list$nMV);
> mxy=max(trend_list$nMV);
> if (mxx>mxy)
> mxy=mxx
> else
> mxx=mxy
>
> Error: unexpected 'else' in "else"
>
> Why does this error message have the first 'else' in single
> quote and second in double??
>
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