if statement in R can only have one line?

Question

I was trying a tiny code with if statement, although it is very simple,but there is something I really confused here is the code

n<-857
while(n!=1){
if(n         


        

Answer 1

To group statements, surround them with curly braces as you've done with the while loop:

if(n<=0) {
     print("please input a positive integer")
} else if(n%%2==0) {
     n<-n/2
     print(n)
} else {
     n<-3*n+1
     print(n)
}

This will allow you to place multiple statements inside the if, the else if and the final else.