My questions is in this example I read from my R textbook: test_function = function(x) { x[x<0] = -x[x<0] return(x) } It is designed to return a negative number for all values in a vector, such that is you pass -3, -2, 2, 3 in, as such:   test_function(c(-3,-2,2,3) The out put would be 3 2 2 3 My question is can you explain to me the logic of how this works?

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My questions is in this example I read from my R textbook:

test_function = function(x) {
x[x<0] = -x[x<0]
return(x)
}

It is designed to return a negative number for all values in a vector, such that is you pass -3, -2, 2, 3 in, as such:

 

test_function(c(-3,-2,2,3)

The out put would be

3 2 2 3

My question is can you explain to me the logic of how this works?

 

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The given R function

test_function = function(x) {
  x[x<0] = -x[x<0]
  return(x)
}

 

is designed to remove the negativeness off the each negative number present in a vector and make the subject vector completely positive.

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