What is the is.atomic() function in R?

Overview

The is.atomic() function in R is used to check if an R object is atomic or not.

When an R object is atomic it can be used to create atomic vectors.

Note: R has six basic atomic vector types: logical, integer, real, complex, string (or character), and raw.

Syntax

is.atomic(x)
Syntax for the is.atomic() function in R

Parameter value

is.atomic(): The function takes a single parameter value x, which represents an R object, random or constant.

Return value

The is.atomic() function returns either TRUE or FALSE .

Example

# creating R objects

myname <- "Theophilus"

addition <- 5 + 3

numbers <- c(0:10)

a <- (quote(exp)) 

b <- expression(x+1)





# implementing the is.atomic() function 

is.atomic(myname)

is.atomic(addition)

is.atomic(numbers)

is.atomic(a)

is.atomic(b)

Code explanation

  • Line 2–6: We create different R objects.
  • Line 10–14: We implement the is.atomic() function on the R objects to check if they are atomic or not.

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