`return` is a function. I am away from my computer right now so I can't check, but I would expect you could create your own function named that. Other languages have `return` statements instead.
On Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 02:17 Ralf Goertz via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > I made a stupid error when programming a function. I used > > > return(OR^2+6*OR+1)/(OR*se^2) > > Being parenthesis blind it took me half an hour to find the reason for > the nonsensical results I got. I should have written > > > return((OR^2+6*OR+1)/(OR*se^2)) > > Having said that why is the first variant (which returns the value of > the numerator only) not a syntax error? I would have expected R to > report something like > > > Error: unexpected '/' in "return(OR^2+6*OR+1)/" > > If this is not an error what is its purpose? > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
