How can I have R skip over one segment embedded in a wider line of code?
In the code below, I would like for R to compute the operations for var1 and var3.
df <- df %>%
mutate(newvar= df$var1 + df$var2 + df$var3)
To note: I get I could use # to have R ignore all the line, but I just want it to ignore + df$var2
Thank you,
>Solution :
Format the line differently and commenting works:
df <- df %>%
mutate(newvar=
df$var1
+ df$var2
+ df$var3
)
Now you can comment out any of the parts, e.g.
df <- df %>%
mutate(newvar=
df$var1
# + df$var2
+ df$var3
)
Normally it’s a bad idea to put operators at the start of a line instead of the end because R might think the previous line ends the whole statement, but in this the parens around the whole thing mean that’s not an issue.