In most cases <- and = are the same yet its not always true so its safest to use <- for assignment.
Check this out: http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e4/help/08/06/12940.html On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Petter Hedberg <ekologkons...@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 > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
