is_vect: Test for a vector (i.e., atomic vector or list).

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Test for a vector (i.e., atomic vector or list).

Description

is_vect tests if x is a vector.

Usage

is_vect(x)

Arguments

x	Vector(s) to test (required).

Details

is_vect does what the base R function is.vector is not designed to do:

• is_vect() returns TRUE if x is an atomic vector or a list (irrespective of its attributes).

• is.vector() returns TRUE if x is a vector of the specified mode having no attributes other than names, otherwise FALSE.

Internally, the function is a wrapper for is.atomic(x) | is.list(x).

Note that data frames are also vectors.

See the is_vector function of the purrr package and the base R functions is.atomic, is.list, and is.vector, for details.

See Also

is_vect function of the purrr package; is.atomic function of the R base package; is.list function of the R base package; is.vector function of the R base package.

Other utility functions: base2dec(), base_digits, dec2base(), is_equal(), is_wholenumber(), num_as_char(), num_as_ordinal(), num_equal()

Examples

# Define 3 types of vectors:
v1 <- 1:3  # (a) atomic vector
names(v1) <- LETTERS[v1]  # with names

v2 <- v1   # (b) copy vector
attr(v2, "my_attr") <- "foo"  # add an attribute
ls <- list(1, 2, "C")  # (c) list

# Compare:
is.vector(v1)
is.list(v1)
is_vect(v1)

is.vector(v2)  # FALSE
is.list(v2)
is_vect(v2)  # TRUE

is.vector(ls)
is.list(ls)
is_vect(ls)

# Data frames are also vectors: 
df <- as.data.frame(1:3)
is_vect(df)  # is TRUE

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