Comparison or relational operators are designed to compare objects and the output of these comparisons are of type boolean. To clarify, the following table summarizes the R relational operators.
Relational operator in R | Description |
---|---|
> | Greater than |
< | Lower than |
>= | Greater or equal than |
<= | Lower or equal than |
== | Equal to |
!= | Not equal to |
For example, you can compare integer values with these operators as follows.
If you compare vectors the output will be other vector of the same length and each element will contain the boolean corresponding to the comparison of the corresponding elements (the first element of the first vector with the first element of the second vector and so on). Moreover, you can compare each element of a matrix against other.
The assignment operators in R allows you to assign data to a named object in order to store the data .
Assignment operator in R | Description |
---|---|
Left assignment | |
= | Left assignment (not recommended) and argument assignment |
Right assignment | |
Left lexicographic assignment (for advanced users) | |
Right lexicographic assignment (for advanced users) |
Note that in almost scripting programming languages you can just use the equal (=) operator. However, in R it is recommended to use the arrow assignment ( <- ) and use the equal sign only to set arguments.
The arrow assignment can be used as left or right assignment, but the right assignment is not generally used. In addition, you can use the double arrow assignment, known as scoping assignment, but we won’t enter in more detail in this tutorial, as it is for advanced users. You can know more about this assignment operator in our post about functions in R .
In the following code block you will find some examples of these operators.
If you need to use the right assignment remember that the object you want to store needs to be at the left, or an error will arise.
There are some rules when naming variables. For instance, you can use letters, numbers, dots and underscores in the variable name, but underscores can’t be the first character of the variable name.
There are also reserved words you can’t use, like TRUE , FALSE , NULL , among others. You can see the full list of R reserved words typing help(Reserved) or ?Reserved .
However, if for some reason you need to name your variable with a reserved word or starting with an underscore you will need to use backticks:
Miscellaneous operators in R are operators used for specific purposes , as accessing data, functions, creating sequences or specifying a formula of a model. To clarify, the next table contains all the available miscellaneous operators in R.
Miscellaneous operator in R | Description |
---|---|
$ | Named list or dataframe column subset |
: | Sequence generator |
:: | Accessing functions of packages It is not usually needed |
::: | Accessing internal functions of packages |
~ | Model formulae |
@ | Accessing slots in S4 classes (Advanced) |
In addition, in the following block of code we show several examples of these operators:
You can call an operator as a function . This is known as infix operators. Note that this type of operators are not generally used or needed.
The pipe operator is an operator you can find in several libraries, like dplyr . The operator can be read as ‘AND THEN’ and its purpose is to simplify the syntax when writing R code. As an example, you could subset the cars dataset and then create a summary of the subset with the following code:
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R provides two operators for assignment: <- and = .
Understanding their proper use is crucial for writing clear and readable R code.
For assignments.
The <- operator is the preferred choice for assigning values to variables in R.
It clearly distinguishes assignment from argument specification in function calls.
The = operator is commonly used to explicitly specify named arguments in function calls.
It helps in distinguishing argument assignment from variable assignment.
Potential confusion.
Using = for general assignments can lead to confusion, especially when reading or debugging code.
Mixing operators inconsistently can obscure the distinction between assignment and function argument specification.
Consistency and clarity.
Use <- for variable assignments to maintain consistency and clarity.
Reserve = for specifying named arguments in function calls.
Be mindful of the context in which you use each operator to prevent misunderstandings.
Consistently using the operators as recommended helps make your code more readable and maintainable.
Which of the following examples demonstrates the recommended use of assignment operators in R?
assignOps | R Documentation |
Description.
Assign a value to a name.
a variable name (possibly quoted). | |
a value to be assigned to . |
There are three different assignment operators: two of them have leftwards and rightwards forms.
The operators <- and = assign into the environment in which they are evaluated. The operator <- can be used anywhere, whereas the operator = is only allowed at the top level (e.g., in the complete expression typed at the command prompt) or as one of the subexpressions in a braced list of expressions.
The operators <<- and ->> are normally only used in functions, and cause a search to be made through parent environments for an existing definition of the variable being assigned. If such a variable is found (and its binding is not locked) then its value is redefined, otherwise assignment takes place in the global environment. Note that their semantics differ from that in the S language, but are useful in conjunction with the scoping rules of R . See ‘The R Language Definition’ manual for further details and examples.
In all the assignment operator expressions, x can be a name or an expression defining a part of an object to be replaced (e.g., z[[1]] ). A syntactic name does not need to be quoted, though it can be (preferably by backticks).
The leftwards forms of assignment <- = <<- group right to left, the other from left to right.
value . Thus one can use a <- b <- c <- 6 .
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Chambers, J. M. (1998) Programming with Data. A Guide to the S Language . Springer (for = ).
assign (and its inverse get ), for “subassignment” such as x[i] <- v , see [<- ; further, environment .
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Assignment & evaluation.
The first operator you’ll run into is the assignment operator. The assignment operator is used to assign a value. For instance we can assign the value 3 to the variable x using the <- assignment operator. We can then evaluate the variable by simply typing x at the command line which will return the value of x . Note that prior to the value returned you’ll see ## [1] in the command line. This simply implies that the output returned is the first output. Note that you can type any comments in your code by preceding the comment with the hashtag ( # ) symbol. Any values, symbols, and texts following # will not be evaluated.
Interestingly, R actually allows for five assignment operators:
The original assignment operator in R was <- and has continued to be the preferred among R users. The = assignment operator was added in 2001 primarily because it is the accepted assignment operator in many other languages and beginners to R coming from other languages were so prone to use it. However, R uses = to associate function arguments with values (i.e. f(x = 3) explicitly means to call function f and set the argument x to 3. Consequently, most R programmers prefer to keep = reserved for argument association and use <- for assignment.
The operators <<- is normally only used in functions which we will not get into the details. And the rightward assignment operators perform the same as their leftward counterparts, they just assign the value in an opposite direction.
Overwhelmed yet? Don’t be. This is just meant to show you that there are options and you will likely come across them sooner or later. My suggestion is to stick with the tried and true <- operator. This is the most conventional assignment operator used and is what you will find in all the base R source code…which means it should be good enough for you.
Lastly, note that R is a case sensitive programming language. Meaning all variables, functions, and objects must be called by their exact spelling:
assignOps {base} | R Documentation |
Description.
Assign a value to a name.
a variable name (possibly quoted). | |
a value to be assigned to . |
There are three different assignment operators: two of them have leftwards and rightwards forms.
The operators <- and = assign into the environment in which they are evaluated. The operator <- can be used anywhere, whereas the operator = is only allowed at the top level (e.g., in the complete expression typed at the command prompt) or as one of the subexpressions in a braced list of expressions.
The operators <<- and ->> cause a search to made through the environment for an existing definition of the variable being assigned. If such a variable is found then its value is redefined, otherwise assignment takes place globally. Note that their semantics differ from that in the S language, but are useful in conjunction with the scoping rules of R . See ‘The R Language Definition’ manual for further details and examples.
In all the assignment operator expressions, x can be a name or an expression defining a part of an object to be replaced (e.g., z[[1]] ). The name does not need to be quoted, though it can be.
The leftwards forms of assignment <- = <<- group right to left, the other from left to right.
value . Thus one can use a <- b <- c <- 6 .
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language . Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
Chamber, J. M. (1998) Programming with Data. A Guide to the S Language . Springer (for = ).
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R has five common assignment operators:
Many style guides and traditionalists prefer the left arrow operator, <- . Why use that when it’s an extra keystroke? <- always means assignment. The equal sign is overloaded a bit taking on the roles of an assignment operator, function argument binding, or depending on the context, case statement.
In R, both the equal and arrow symbols work to assign values. Therefore, the following statements have the same effect of assigning a value on the right to the variable on the left:
There is also a right arrow, -> which assigns the value on the left, to a variable on the right:
All three assign the value of forty-two to the variable x .
So what’s the difference? Are these assignment operators interchangeable? Mostly, yes. The difference comes into play, however, when working with functions.
The equal sign can also work as an operator for function parameters.
x <- 42 y <- 18 function(value = x-y)
The S language also didn’t have == for equality testing, so that was left to the single equal sign. Therefore, variable assignment needed to be accomplished with a different symbol, and the arrow was chosen.
There are some differences of opinion as to which assignment operator to use when it comes to = vs <-. Some believe that = is more clear. The <- operator maintains backward compatibility with S. Google’s R Style Guide recommends using the <- assignment operator, which seems to be a pretty decent reason as well. When all is said and done, though, it is like many things in programming, it depends on what your team does.
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Operators are used to perform operations on variables and values.
In the example below, we use the + operator to add together two values:
R divides the operators in the following groups:
Arithmetic operators are used with numeric values to perform common mathematical operations:
Operator | Name | Example | Try it |
---|---|---|---|
+ | Addition | x + y | |
- | Subtraction | x - y | |
* | Multiplication | x * y | |
/ | Division | x / y | |
^ | Exponent | x ^ y | |
%% | Modulus (Remainder from division) | x %% y | |
%/% | Integer Division | x%/%y |
Assignment operators are used to assign values to variables:
Note: <<- is a global assigner. You will learn more about this in the Global Variable chapter .
It is also possible to turn the direction of the assignment operator.
x <- 3 is equal to 3 -> x
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Comparison operators are used to compare two values:
Operator | Name | Example | Try it |
---|---|---|---|
== | Equal | x == y | |
!= | Not equal | x != y | |
> | Greater than | x > y | |
< | Less than | x < y | |
>= | Greater than or equal to | x >= y | |
<= | Less than or equal to | x <= y |
Logical operators are used to combine conditional statements:
Operator | Description |
---|---|
& | Element-wise Logical AND operator. It returns TRUE if both elements are TRUE |
&& | Logical AND operator - Returns TRUE if both statements are TRUE |
| | Elementwise- Logical OR operator. It returns TRUE if one of the statement is TRUE |
|| | Logical OR operator. It returns TRUE if one of the statement is TRUE. |
! | Logical NOT - returns FALSE if statement is TRUE |
Miscellaneous operators are used to manipulate data:
Operator | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
: | Creates a series of numbers in a sequence | x <- 1:10 |
%in% | Find out if an element belongs to a vector | x %in% y |
%*% | Matrix Multiplication | x <- Matrix1 %*% Matrix2 |
Note: You will learn more about Matrix multiplication and matrices in a later chapter.
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For R beginners, the first operator they use is probably the assignment operator <- . Google’s R Style Guide suggests the usage of <- rather than = even though the equal sign is also allowed in R to do exactly the same thing when we assign a value to a variable. However, you might feel inconvenient because you need to type two characters to represent one symbol, which is different from many other programming languages.
As a result, many users ask Why we should use <- as the assignment operator?
Here I provide a simple explanation to the subtle difference between <- and = in R.
First, let’s look at an example.
The above code uses both <- and = symbols, but the work they do are different. <- in the first two lines are used as assignment operator while = in the third line does not serves as assignment operator but an operator that specifies a named parameter formula for lm function.
In other words, <- evaluates the the expression on its right side ( rnorm(100) ) and assign the evaluated value to the symbol (variable) on the left side ( x ) in the current environment. = evaluates the expression on its right side ( y~x ) and set the evaluated value to the parameter of the name specified on the left side ( formula ) for a certain function.
We know that <- and = are perfectly equivalent when they are used as assignment operators.
Therefore, the above code is equivalent to the following code:
Here, we only use = but for two different purposes: in the first and second lines we use = as assignment operator and in the third line we use = as a specifier of named parameter.
Now let’s see what happens if we change all = symbols to <- .
If you run this code, you will find that the output are similar. But if you inspect the environment, you will observe the difference: a new variable formula is defined in the environment whose value is y~x . So what happens?
Actually, in the third line, two things happened: First, we introduce a new symbol (variable) formula to the environment and assign it a formula-typed value y~x . Then, the value of formula is provided to the first paramter of function lm rather than, accurately speaking, to the parameter named formula , although this time they mean the identical parameter of the function.
To test it, we conduct an experiment. This time we first prepare the data.
Basically, we just did similar things as before except that we store all vectors in a data frame and clear those numeric vectors from the environment. We know that lm function accepts a data frame as the data source when a formula is specified.
Standard usage:
Working alternative where two named parameters are reordered:
Working alternative with side effects that two new variable are defined:
Nonworking example:
The reason is exactly what I mentioned previously. We reassign data to data and give its value to the first argument ( formula ) of lm which only accepts a formula-typed value. We also try to assign z~x+y to a new variable formula and give it to the second argument ( data ) of lm which only accepts a data frame-typed value. Both types of the parameter we provide to lm are wrong, so we receive the message:
From the above examples and experiments, the bottom line gets clear: to reduce ambiguity, we should use either <- or = as assignment operator, and only use = as named-parameter specifier for functions.
In conclusion, for better readability of R code, I suggest that we only use <- for assignment and = for specifying named parameters.
assignOps {base} | R Documentation |
Description.
Assign a value to a name.
a variable name (possibly quoted). | |
a value to be assigned to . |
There are three different assignment operators: two of them have leftwards and rightwards forms.
The operators <- and = assign into the environment in which they are evaluated. The <- can be used anywhere, but the = is only allowed at the top level (that is, in the complete expression typed by the user) or as one of the subexpressions in a braced list of expressions.
The operators <<- and ->> cause a search to made through the environment for an existing definition of the variable being assigned. If such a variable is found then its value is redefined, otherwise assignment takes place globally. Note that their semantics differ from that in the S language, but are useful in conjunction with the scoping rules of R .
In all the assignment operator expressions, x can be a name or an expression defining a part of an object to be replaced (e.g., z[[1]] ). The name does not need to be quoted, though it can be.
The leftwards forms of assignment <- = <<- group right to left, the other from left to right.
value . Thus one can use a <- b <- c <- 6 .
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language . Wadsworth \& Brooks/Cole.
Chamber, J. M. (1998) Programming with Data. A Guide to the S Language . Springer (for = ).
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Operators are the symbols directing the compiler to perform various kinds of operations between the operands. Operators simulate the various mathematical, logical, and decision operations performed on a set of Complex Numbers, Integers, and Numericals as input operands.
R supports majorly four kinds of binary operators between a set of operands. In this article, we will see various types of operators in R Programming language and their usage.
Types of the operator in R language
Logical operators, relational operators, assignment operators, miscellaneous operators.
Arithmetic Operators modulo using the specified operator between operands, which may be either scalar values, complex numbers, or vectors. The R operators are performed element-wise at the corresponding positions of the vectors.
The values at the corresponding positions of both operands are added. Consider the following R operator snippet to add two vectors:
The second operand values are subtracted from the first. Consider the following R operator snippet to subtract two variables:
The multiplication of corresponding elements of vectors and Integers are multiplied with the use of the ‘*’ operator.
The first operand is divided by the second operand with the use of the ‘/’ operator.
The first operand is raised to the power of the second operand.
The remainder of the first operand divided by the second operand is returned.
The following R code illustrates the usage of all Arithmetic R operators.
Output
Logical Operators in R simulate element-wise decision operations, based on the specified operator between the operands, which are then evaluated to either a True or False boolean value. Any non-zero integer value is considered as a TRUE value, be it a complex or real number.
Returns True if both the operands are True.
Returns True if either of the operands is True.
A unary operator that negates the status of the elements of the operand.
Returns True if both the first elements of the operands are True.
Returns True if either of the first elements of the operands is True.
The following R code illustrates the usage of all Logical Operators in R:
The Relational Operators in R carry out comparison operations between the corresponding elements of the operands. Returns a boolean TRUE value if the first operand satisfies the relation compared to the second. A TRUE value is always considered to be greater than the FALSE.
Returns TRUE if the corresponding element of the first operand is less than that of the second operand. Else returns FALSE.
Returns TRUE if the corresponding element of the first operand is less than or equal to that of the second operand. Else returns FALSE.
Returns TRUE if the corresponding element of the first operand is greater than that of the second operand. Else returns FALSE.
Returns TRUE if the corresponding element of the first operand is greater or equal to that of the second operand. Else returns FALSE.
Returns TRUE if the corresponding element of the first operand is not equal to the second operand. Else returns FALSE.
The following R code illustrates the usage of all Relational Operators in R:
Assignment Operators in R are used to assigning values to various data objects in R. The objects may be integers, vectors, or functions. These values are then stored by the assigned variable names. There are two kinds of assignment operators: Left and Right
Assigns a value to a vector.
Assigns value to a vector.
Miscellaneous Operator are the mixed operators in R that simulate the printing of sequences and assignment of vectors, either left or right-handed.
Checks if an element belongs to a list and returns a boolean value TRUE if the value is present else FALSE.
The following R code illustrates the usage of all Miscellaneous Operators in R:
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On this page you'll learn how to apply the different assignment operators in the R programming language. The content of the article is structured as follows: 1) Example 1: Why You Should Use <- Instead of = in R. 2) Example 2: When <- is Really Different Compared to =. 3) Example 3: The Difference Between <- and <<-.
The difference in assignment operators is clearer when you use them to set an argument value in a function call. For example: median(x = 1:10) x. ## Error: object 'x' not found. In this case, x is declared within the scope of the function, so it does not exist in the user workspace. median(x <- 1:10)
The above mentioned operators work on vectors. The variables used above were in fact single element vectors. We can use the function c() (as in concatenate) to make vectors in R. All operations are carried out in element-wise fashion. Here is an example. x <- c(2, 8, 3) y <- c(6, 4, 1) x + y. x > y.
Details. There are three different assignment operators: two of them have leftwards and rightwards forms. The operators <-and = assign into the environment in which they are evaluated. The operator <-can be used anywhere, whereas the operator = is only allowed at the top level (e.g., in the complete expression typed at the command prompt) or as one of the subexpressions in a braced list of ...
The assignment operators in R allows you to assign data to a named object in order to store the data. Assignment operator in R Description <-Left assignment = ... You can know more about this assignment operator in our post about functions in R. In the following code block you will find some examples of these operators. x <- 3 x = 26 rnorm(n ...
This usage aligns with R's tradition and enhances code readability. Using the = Operator. The = operator is commonly used to explicitly specify named arguments in function calls. It helps in distinguishing argument assignment from variable assignment. # Correct usage of = for specifying function arguments plot(x = 1:10, y = rnorm(10), type ...
There are three different assignment operators: two of them have leftwards and rightwards forms. The operators <- and = assign into the environment in which they are evaluated. The operator <- can be used anywhere, whereas the operator = is only allowed at the top level (e.g., in the complete expression typed at the command prompt) or as one of ...
The original assignment operator in R was <-and has continued to be the preferred among R users. The = assignment operator was added in 2001 primarily because it is the accepted assignment operator in many other languages and beginners to R coming from other languages were so prone to use it. However, R uses = to associate function arguments with values (i.e. f(x = 3) explicitly means to call ...
Details. There are three different assignment operators: two of them have leftwards and rightwards forms. The operators <-and = assign into the environment in which they are evaluated. The operator<-can be used anywhere, whereas the operator = is only allowed at the top level (e.g., in the complete expression typed at the command prompt) or as one of the subexpressions in a braced list of ...
It helps to think of <<-as equivalent to assign (if you set the inherits parameter in that function to TRUE).The benefit of assign is that it allows you to specify more parameters (e.g. the environment), so I prefer to use assign over <<-in most cases.. Using <<-and assign(x, value, inherits=TRUE) means that "enclosing environments of the supplied environment are searched until the variable 'x ...
R has five common assignment operators: <-. ->. <<-. ->>. =. Many style guides and traditionalists prefer the left arrow operator, <-. Why use that when it's an extra keystroke? <- always means assignment. The equal sign is overloaded a bit taking on the roles of an assignment operator, function argument binding, or depending on the context ...
Here I provide a simple explanation to the subtle difference between <- and = in R. First, let's look at an example. x <- rnorm (100) y <- 2*x + rnorm (100) lm (formula=y~x) The above code uses both <- and = symbols, but the work they do are different. <- in the first two lines are used as assignment operator while = in the third line does not ...
With our online code editor, you can edit code and view the result in your browser. Videos. Learn the basics of HTML in a fun and engaging video tutorial. ... It is also possible to turn the direction of the assignment operator. x <- 3 is equal to 3 -> x. R Comparison Operators. Comparison operators are used to compare two values: Operator Name ...
The above code uses both <-and = symbols, but the work they do are different.<-in the first two lines are used as assignment operator while = in the third line does not serves as assignment operator but an operator that specifies a named parameter formula for lm function.In other words, <-evaluates the the expression on its right side (rnorm(100)) and assign the evaluated value to the symbol ...
The Google R style guide prohibits the use of "=" for assignment. Hadley Wickham's style guide recommends "<-". If you want your code to be compatible with S-plus you should use "<-". I believe that the General R community recommend using "<-", but I can't find anything on the mailing list. However, I tend always use the ...
Note that their semantics differ from that in the S language, but are useful in conjunction with the scoping rules of R. In all the assignment operator expressions, x can be a name or an expression defining a part of an object to be replaced (e.g., z[[1]]). The name does not need to be quoted, though it can be.
My code has tons of assignment operators. This is a simple, time-saver that will make you more productive in building functions and assigning variables values. 4: Cursor-Select Multiple Lines [Ctrl + Alt + Up/Down/Click] This is a recent addition to my portfolio of must-know keyboard shortcuts.
It was a previously allowed assignment operator, see this articlefrom John Chambers in 2001. The development version of R now allows some assignments to be written C- or Java-style, using the = operator. This increases compatibility with S-Plus (as well as with C, Java, and many other languages). All the previously allowed assignment operators ...
In programming, assignment operators are essential tools for storing values in variables. In R, a statistical computing language, both "=" and "<-" are used as assignment operators, but they are not the same. Understanding their differences can enhance your coding practice and improve your code's readability and functionality. Basic Understandin
2. Another point is that <- makes it easier keep track of object names. If you're writing expressions that end in -> for assignment, your object names will be horizontally scattered, where as consistently using <- means each object name can be predictably located. - Mako212. Jul 26, 2018 at 22:53.
How would I add a keyboard shortcut for the basic assignment operator (<-) that works both in the editor AND the terminal? Getting it to work in the editor is straightforward (content goes into . ... Shortcut for running a single line of code in R. 3. How do I copy code from the console to the editor/source pane in Rstudio. 0.