301 redirection using .htaccess

[student]

hello,
i want to redirect links by 301
i have the code like this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule condition1
RewriteRule condition1
RewriteRule condition1
RewriteRule condition1
RewriteRule condition1

i have tried this code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule condition1 [R=301]
RewriteRule condition1 [R=301]
RewriteRule condition1 [R=301]
RewriteRule condition1 [R=301]
RewriteRule condition1 [R=301]

but it is not working
how should i apply 301
thank you very much for the replies.