 id="cb4-3"><a href="#cb4-3" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co"># when you have only one column to assign to you</span></span>
<span id="cb4-4"><a href="#cb4-4" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co"># can drop the quotes and list(), for convenience</span></span>
<span id="cb4-5"><a href="#cb4-5" aria-hidden="true"></a>DT[, colA <span class="op">:</span><span class="er">=</span><span class="st"> </span>valA]</span></code></pre></div></li>
<li><p>The functional form</p>
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