How to do algebraic division with R programming?

Question

I've looked everywhere here and here, but none of the answers match what I want. My question is like this.

what I want. My question is like this.

3xy : 2y

The answer I want is 3x/2

My attempt code is like this:

x <- 2/3
y <- x
cat("mark x:", x, "\n")
cat("mark y:", y, "\n")

Thank you, any answer would be appreciated.

What you are describing is pretty far afield of what R was built for. There are "computer algebra system" packages that will mimic this type of functionality (i.e. Ryacas package), but most people simply do not use R for this, rather something like Mathematica. — joran, Jun 26 '23 at 00:01

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '23 at 00:10

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With Ryacas you can do:

library(Ryacas)

yac_str("Simplify(3*x*y/(2*y))")
# "(3*x)/2"

answered Jun 26 '23 at 00:10

Stéphane Laurent

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