What are the differences between “=” and “<-” in R?

Question

Can someone state the difference between the assignment operators = and <- in R? Is this the only difference in both these operators mentioned in the example below: x <- y <- 6 x = y = 6 x = y <- 6 x <- y = 6 # Error in (x <- y) = 6 : could not find function "<-<-" Select the correct answer from above options Hadoop questions and answers, Hive questions pdf, Hadoop question bank, Hadoop questions and answers pdf, mcq on Hadoop pdf,Hadoop questions and solutions, Hadoop mcq Test , Interview Hadoop questions, Hadoop Questions for Interview, Hadoop MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions),Core Hadoop Questions, Core Hadoop MCQ,core Hadoop interview questions for experienced

Answer 1

The operator <- can be used anywhere whereas the operator = can only be used at top level. It will be more clearer when it’s used to set an argument value in function call. You can also use one of the tidy_* functions in the formatR and it will automatically replace = with <-. Ex. library(formatR) tidy_source(text = "x=1:5", arrow = TRUE) ## x <- 1:5 To fix the error of your syntax use prefix notation for assignment. x <- 6 `<-`(x, 6) #same thing y = 6 `=`(y, 6) #also the same thing parser interprets x <- y <- 6 as `<-`(x, `<-`(y, 6)) Our expectation is that x <- y = 6 would then be `<-`(x, `=`(y, 6)) but actually it will result as `=`(`<-`(x, y), 6) This is happening because = is lower precedence than <- Hope this helps.