R Error: Unexpected Symbol in X (2 Examples)

 

In this tutorial, I’ll show how to fix the error message “unexpected symbol in X” in the R programming language.

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Example 1: Reproduce the Error: unexpected symbol in X

Example 1 explains how to replicate the error message “unexpected symbol in X” in R. Consider the following numeric vector:

x <- 1:3        # Example vector in R
x               # Print vector
# 1 2 3

Now, let’s assume that we want to multiply this vector by five:

5 x             # Reproducing error message
# Error: unexpected symbol in "5 x"

The error occurs. Why? What happened? That’s what I’ll explain next…

 

Example 2: Fix the Error: unexpected symbol in X

This Example explains how to get rid of the error message “unexpected symbol in X”. In the following R code we are inserting a mathematical operator (i.e. *) between our multiplier 5 and our vector:

5 * x           # Insert mathematical symbol
# 5 10 15

Now, it works!

 

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Summary: This article showed how to solve the error “unexpected symbol in X” in the R programming language. In case you have any further questions and/or comments, please let me know in the comments section below.

 

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