Jean lobry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dear R-help,
>
> After making a typo (reminiscent of FORTRAN 77, I guess) I found the
> following:
>
> > identical(all.equal(2^(-10:10), 2**(-10:10)), TRUE)
> [1] TRUE
>
> I have tried to find the documentation about the ** operator but I was
> unsuccesful this way:
>
> > sessionInfo()
> Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)
> powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] "methods" "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils" "datasets"
> [7] "base"
> > help("**")
> No documentation for '**' in specified packages and libraries:
> you could try 'help.search("**")'
> > help.search("\\*\\*")
> No help files found with alias or concept or title matching '\*\*'
> using regular expression matching.
> > RSiteSearch("**")
> A search query has been submitted to http://search.r-project.org
> The results page should open in your browser shortly
> # --> Too many hits
>
> Where can I find the documentation about the ** operator?
>
> Thanks for any hint,
It's a relic, which might be useful to have for someone, but which we
don't advertise:
> quote(3**2)
3^2
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