Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 9/30/2006 6:29 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> What is the correct form to write statement meaning:
>>>
>>> if (a==1) {b=2; c=3}; else {b=0; c=0};
>>
>>
>> if (a==1) {b=2; c=3} else {b=0; c=0};
>
> That's valid, but is it "correct form"? The semicolon at the end is not
> needed. I'd say it's a bad idea to use one, because it might give a
> mistaken impression about the meaning of something like
>
> a = 1
> + 2;
>
> It's better to avoid semi-colons whenever possible, to make sure the C
> parser in your brain throws an exception and lets the R parser take over.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
Of course, Duncan is right, and shame on me for posting it in such a
pedagogically bad way on R-help, but I could not resist to simply remove
a single semicolon from the original question.
Thank you, Duncan, for pointing it out.
Uwe
______________________________________________
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
and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
