I wrote a post on the Revolutions blog a little while back discussing the difference between the two (and the history of the <- operator). You can find it on blog.revolution-computing.com at: http://bit.ly/3YWw3R
# David Smith On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I was told to use "<-" instead of "=" in the mailing list. I am > wondering what the difference between them? > > Regards, > Peng > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- David M Smith <da...@revolution-computing.com> Director of Community, REvolution Computing www.revolution-computing.com Tel: +1 (206) 577-4778 x3203 (San Francisco, USA) Check out our upcoming events schedule at www.revolution-computing.com/events ______________________________________________ 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.