Error saying Error object packages not found when trying to web scrap using r

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I'm trying to scrap a webpage and this is my code.

url_base <- "https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/available_packages_by_name.html"
map_df(1:100, function(i){
                page <- read_html(sprintf(url_base,i))
                data.frame(IssueID = html_text(html_nodes(page,"h1")),
                       heading = html_text(html_nodes(page,"td")),
                       description = html_text(html_nodes(page,"td")))
}) <- packages

I end up with the following error. 

Error: object 'packages' not found

Excuse me if its a very stupid doubt. Thank you :)

Nov 21, 2018 in Data Analytics by Ali
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edited Nov 21, 2018 by Ali 1,140 views

1 answer to this question.

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Hey @Ali, Its a very silly mistake. change the last line to this:

}) -> packages
answered Nov 21, 2018 by Maverick
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