1 and 2 are not valid identifiers in R, so you need to surround them with
backticks to make them valid, the same as quoting a string:
switch(Stst, `1` = print("NO"), `2` = print("YES"))
On Wed., Sep. 7, 2022, 14:35 akshay kulkarni, <akshay...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear members,
> The following is my code:
>
> > Stst <- 2
> > switch(Stst, 1 = print("NO"), 2 = print("YES"))
> Error: unexpected '=' in "switch(Stst, 1 ="
>
> Why isn't it printing "YES" on to the console?
>
> many thanks in advance.
>
> Thanking you,
> Yours sincerely,
> AKSHAY M KULKARNI
>
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