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+1  Q: 

Searching R help for "for" and "repeat" loop(s) help file

I'm trying to load the page that describes these 'functions'. However, R console in windows seems to hate me, it just returns +

?for
?repeat
+3  A: 

for is a reserved word. You have to use backticks if you want to look it up:

?`for`
Jonathan Chang  2010-07-31 00:05:21
Thank you Jonathan.
Brandon Bertelsen  2010-07-31 00:15:57
or single quotes or double quotes
John  2010-07-31 07:39:14
or `help("for")`
Marek  2010-08-02 08:23:52

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