Before discussing any of the more complicated stuff, I want to introduce the comment character, #. It has a simple meaning: it tells R to ignore everything else you’ve written on this line. seeker <- ...Before discussing any of the more complicated stuff, I want to introduce the comment character, #. It has a simple meaning: it tells R to ignore everything else you’ve written on this line. seeker <- 3.1415 # create the first variable lover <- 2.7183 # create the second variable keeper <- seeker * lover # now multiply them to create a third one print( keeper ) # print out the value of 'keeper'