Indeed! x <- x + 1
(and being generous with unnecessary spaces) uses 10 characters. `+`(x)<-1 (being mean with them) uses 9. The "mean" version of the first uses only 6: x<-x+1 However, I suppose there is merit in the spiritual exercise of contemplating how `+`(x)<-1 gets worked out! Ted. On 07-Dec-10 16:23:17, Ivan Calandra wrote: > x+1 is not that complicated... Am I missing something here? > > Le 12/7/2010 16:55, Gabor Grothendieck a écrit : >> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:43 AM, madr<madra...@interia.pl> wrote: >>> many languages have shorthands for that operation like: >>> >>> variable += 1 >>> or >>> ++variable >>> >>> is there something like that in R ? >> >> You can do this: >> >>> x<- 3 >>> `+`(x)<- 1 >>> x >> [1] 4 > -- > Ivan CALANDRA -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 07-Dec-10 Time: 16:42:44 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.