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.
2 Comments. Leave new
I am having the same error and wonder how to fix it?
$grid_clas
Error: unexpected ‘$’ in “$”
Hey Coly,
Could you share the code that has returned this error?
Regards,
Joachim