Solution for “Error: could not find function "%>%"” when running R programs

Problem: Running into the following error when trying to run the R language code snippet below:

# Code:
heights %>%
  mutate(height = round(height)) %>%
  group_by(height) %>%
  summarize(p = mean(sex == "Male")) %>%
  qplot(height, p, data=.)


# Error:
Error in heights %>% mutate(height = round(height)) %>% group_by(height) %>%  :
  could not find function "%>%"

Solution: There are a number of potential solutions for this issue but what worked for me was to install the margrittr package by running the following command in the R console:

install.packages("magrittr")

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