Chapter 4. Basic Expressions
Expressions are the building blocks of a function. R has a very clear syntax that suggests that an expression is either a symbol or a function call.
Although everything we do is in essence implemented by functions, R gives some functions a special syntax so that it is more friendly to write readable R code.
In the next few sections, we will see the following fundamental expressions that are given a special syntax:
- Assignment expressions
- Conditional expressions
- Loop expressions
Assignment expressions
Assignment may be one of the most fundamental expressions in all programming languages. What it does is assign or bind a value to a symbol so that we can refer to the value by that symbol later.
Despite the similarity, R adopts ...
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