Adaikalavan Ramasamy wrote: > Yes, it drives me mad too when people use "=" instead of "<-" for > assignment and suppress spaces in an naive attempt for saving space. > In fact, I like the <- assignment operator, but tend to write code densely myself as that is the way I like to view it. As R formats the source code it displays in the typographic density approved by the gurus, it does seem a tidge authoritarian to insist that everyone adhere to the same coding style in private. After all, I don't whinge about having to scroll up and down like a yoyo when attempting to decipher other people's "spaced out" code.
I intentionally don't use semicolons as line terminators in R to forestall my C reflexes. The greatest difficulty I have with this sort of interference is between R and Tcl-Tk which, combined with the correct titre of fatigue, almost always leads to syntax errors. I did enjoy Ted's defense of the semicolon in R, as it emphasizes the diversity of styles upon which cooperative programming depends. Jim ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
