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character {base}R Documentation

Character String Vectors

Usage

character(n=0)

as.character(x)
is.character(x)

Value

This function creates a character vector of the specified length. The elements of the vector are all equal to "".

as.character attempts to coerce its argument to be of character type.

is.character returns TRUE or FALSE depending on whether its argument is of character type or not.


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