Marc,
I see. Thanks.
Xiaohua
On 7/12/05, Marc Schwartz (via MN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 16:22 +0200, ecoinfo wrote:
> > Hi R users,
> > Maybe the question is too simple.
> > In a IF ... ELSE ... statement "if(cond) cons.expr else alt.expr", IF
> and
> > ELSE should be at the same line?
> > For example,
> > if (x1==12)
> > {
> > y1 <- 5
> > }else
> > {
> > y1 <- 3
> > }
> > is right, while
> > if (x1==12)
> > {
> > y1 <- 5
> > }
> > else # Error: syntax error
> > {
> > y1 <- 3
> > }
> > is wrong?
> > Thanks
>
> Note the following from the Details section of ?"if"
>
> "Note that it is a common mistake to forget to put braces ({ .. })
> around your statements, e.g., after if(..) or for(....). In particular,
> you should not have a newline between } and else to avoid a syntax error
> in entering a if ... else construct at the keyboard or via source. For
> that reason, one (somewhat extreme) attitude of defensive programming is
> to always use braces, e.g., for if clauses."
>
>
> One other approach is the following:
>
> if (x1 == 12)
> {
> y1 <- 5
> } else {
> y1 <- 3
> }
>
> Note the presence of both braces on the 'else' line.
>
> HTH,
>
> Marc Schwartz
>
>
>
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