[R] a dot "." can be assigned as object's name

September 8, 2023 by Kinh Nguyen

Finding something to name a short object in #R, you can use . to do things like:

• Defining a square function

  . = \(.) .^2
  

  and evaluate it like normal

  . = .(.5)
  

  Note that the above function is R 4’s syntax.