R > 4.1 equivalent to magrittr's aliases-CodePudding

In R 4.1 introduced the native forward pipe (|>) that can be used instead of magrittr's %>%. For example,

c(1, 2, 3) |> length()

is a valid syntax in R > 4.1 and will return 3.

magrittr has a collection of aliases. For example, instead of

1 * 2

I can write

1 %>% magrittr::multiply_by(2)

What are the R > 4.1 equivalent to magrittr's aliases?

CodePudding user response：

Such aliases are not provided by base but this works to multiply by 2. The parentheses shown are required.

1:3 |> (`*`)(2)

It is also possible to use magrittr aliases with |>

library(magrittr)
1:3 |> multiply_by(2)

or to define an alias yourself

mult <- function(x, y) x * y
1:3 |> mult(2)

mult <- `*`
1:3 |> mult(2)

Another possibility is to find another way of expressing the same calculation. In this case:

1:3 |> sapply(`*`, 2)