What are the differences between "=" and "<-" assignment operators in R?

What are the differences between "=" and "<-" assignment operators in R?

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Understanding exactly when a data.table is a reference to (vs a copy of) another data.table

r reference copy data.table assignment-operator

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data.table objects assigned with := from within function not printed

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Assign multiple objects to .GlobalEnv from within a function

r global environment assign assignment-operator

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What is the R assignment operator := for?

r data.table assignment-operator colon-equals

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Update subset of data.table based on join

r join data.table subset assignment-operator

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Parsing "->" assignment operator in R

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