R function not returning values

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To return df, simply write return(df):

IMDBmovierating <- function(movie){
  link <- paste("http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=", movie, "&y=&plot=short&r=json", sep = "")
  jsonData <- fromJSON(link)
  df <- data.frame(jsonData)
  return(df)
}

or, even simpler in this case, omit the last assignment:

IMDBmovierating <- function(movie){
  link <- paste("http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=", movie, "&y=&plot=short&r=json", sep = "")
  jsonData <- fromJSON(link)
  data.frame(jsonData)
}

If the last expression evaluates to a result object, as data.frame(..) does, then this gets the return object of the enclosing expression and the explicit return statement may be omitted.

edit: and remove the back-ticks before sep and after you closing parenthesis

edit2: Of course MrFlick’s comment is correct: the only thing really wrong with your code are the back-ticks that probably are simply a typo here on the site. Even the assignment produces the assigned value as a result object, but it is invisible. Hence, you can assign it, but it is not automatically printed on the console.

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