[datatable-help] Integration with magrittr

[Michael Nelson]

:= isn't actually defined as a function by data table., it only works within a call to [.data.table as the j argument, and is recognised by parsing the j expression (within the function call). 
This I would think it would need to be a feature request. 



> On 30 Jun 2015, at 11:07 am, Michael Smith <my.r.help at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I love data.table and I also love magrittr. However, some things don't work, e.g.
> 
> DT <- data.table(a = 1:3, b = 4:6)
> DT[, a %<>% `*`(2)]    # instead of DT[, a := a %>% `*`(2)]
> 
> Is there some way to make it work or am I missing something? I understand it's because how data.table is essentially a DSL and parses things in its own ways. Is there a workaround or should I post a feature request?
> 
> Thanks,
> M
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