typeof

From base v3.1.3 by R-core R-core@R-project.org

The Type of an Object

typeof determines the (R internal) type or storage mode of any object

Keywords: attribute

Usage

typeof(x)

Arguments

x: any R object.

Value

A character string. The possible values are listed in the structure TypeTable in ‘src/main/util.c’. Current values are the vector types "logical", "integer", "double", "complex", "character", "raw" and "list", "NULL", "closure" (function), "special" and "builtin" (basic functions and operators), "environment", "S4" (some S4 objects) and others that are unlikely to be seen at user level ("symbol", "pairlist", "promise", "language", "char", "...", "any", "expression", "externalptr", "bytecode" and "weakref").

Examples

library(base)

typeof(2)
mode(2)

Documentation reproduced from package base, version 3.1.3, License: Part of R 3.1.3

Community examples

pspennings@gmail.com at Oct 1, 2018 base v3.5.1

```r typeof(c(1,2,3)) typeof(c(1,2,3, "a")) ```