This is not really a pipe but rather some clever base syntax to work in a way similar to pipes without actually using pipes. This can be considered as another alternative to %>%. Wrapr The R package, wrapr, defines a dot pipe %.>% that is an explicit version of %>% in that it does not do implicit insertion of arguments but only substitutes explicit uses of dot on the right hand side. Postlogic The postlogic package defined %if% and %unless% operators. The pipeR package also has defined a number of other such operators too. PipeR The R package, pipeR, defines a %>% operator that is similar to magrittr's %>% and can be used as an alternative to it. As David Arenburg has mentioned in the comments this SO question discusses the differences between it and magrittr's %>% : Differences between %.% (dplyr) and %>% (magrittr) See the Additional Pipe Operators section of the prior link which discusses %T>%, %% and %$% and for even more details.ĭplyr The dplyr R package used to define a %.% operator which is similar however, it has been deprecated and dplyr now recommends that users use %>% which dplyr imports from magrittr and makes available to the dplyr user. Magittr has also defined a number of other such operators too. '%,%' % and %% the magrittr R package has defined it as discussed in the magrittr vignette.

For example, this function will return a string consisting of its left argument followed by a comma and space and then it's right argument. %>% has no builtin meaning but the user (or a package) is free to define operators of the form %whatever% in any way they like.

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