A pipeline, or a "functional sequence", need not be applied
to a left-hand side value instantly. Instead it can serve as
a function definition. A pipeline where the left-most left-hand
side is the magrittr placeholder (the dot .) will thus create a
function, which applies each right-hand side in sequence to its
argument, e.g. f <- . %>% abs %>% mean(na.rm = TRUE).
Three new operators are introduced for some special cases
- Compound assignment pipe:
%<>% - Tee pipe:
%T>% - Exposition pipe:
%$%
For more information see the documentation, e.g. ?%T>%.
Lambdas can now be made by enclosing several statements in curly braces, and is a unary function of the dot argument.
For more information and examples, see the updated vignette, and help files.