How to Use The New Function Symbol in R Programming 4.1 (R 4.1)

The new forward slash syntax for functions is featured in R 4.1

R Programming version 4.1 introduced a pipe operator symbol — you can read about it in my previous post. The pipe is essentially a shorthand that helps to simplify based coding syntax.

Another symbol shorthand is available. This one is for functions. The function shorthand, a backslash, helps to simplify based coding syntax in R further, and, like the new…