If statement with multiple actions in R

Question

I would like to write an if statement of the following form:

a=5
b=2

la<-function(a,b){
if(a>3){a}
else{b}
}

Now what I would like t

Answer 1

You should use the semicolon

if(a>3){c<-1000;a}

The last statement is the return value.

EDIT This works for multiple statements, too. You can omit the semicolon if you use line breaks, as in

if(a>3) {
  c<-1000
  d<-1500
  a
} else {
  e <- 2000
  b
}