The Type of an Object (original) (raw)
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Description
typeof determines the (R internal) type or storage mode of any object
Usage
typeof(x)
Arguments
Value
A character string. The possible values are listed in the structureTypeTable 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","object","language", "char", "...", "any","expression", "externalptr", "bytecode" and"weakref").
See Also
[mode](../../base/help/mode.html), [storage.mode](../../base/help/storage.mode.html).
[isS4](../../base/help/isS4.html) to determine if an object has an S4 class.
Examples
typeof(2)
mode(2)
## for a table of examples, see ?mode / examples(mode)
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