><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true"></a>DT[, <span class="st">`</span><span class="dt">:=</span><span class="st">`</span>(<span class="dt">colA =</span> valA, <span class="co"># valA is assigned to colA</span></span>
<span id="cb5-2"><a href="#cb5-2" aria-hidden="true"></a>          <span class="dt">colB =</span> valB, <span class="co"># valB is assigned to colB</span></span>
<span id="cb5-3"><a href="#cb5-3" aria-hidden="true"></a>     