R help - Sep 2022 - inconsistency in switch statements.....

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_e4 at 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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Dear Andrew,
                         Its working. Thanks a lot....

Yours sincerely,
AKSHAY M KULKARNI

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From: Andrew Simmons <akwsimmo at gmail.com>
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To: akshay kulkarni <akshay_e4 at hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [R] inconsistency in switch statements.....

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_e4 at
hotmail.com<mailto:akshay_e4 at 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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