fame (version 2.13)

fameIsScalar: Check for (Fame or Numeric) Scalar or Time Index Series

Description

fameIsScalar checks whether or not its argument could be a 'scalar' in FAME parlance, i.e., if it is an atomic object of length one and not a time series or time indexed series. ti objects of length one are what FAME calls a 'date', other scalars are strings, numbers, and logicals of length one.

Usage

fameIsScalar(x)

Arguments

x

object to be checked.

Value

• TRUE or FALSE.

Examples

fameIsScalar("this is a scalar, since it has length one")
fameIsScalar(c("returns FALSE", "since it has length two"))
fameIsScalar(today())