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Description

The class() function comes with R and is part of the Base R {base} package.

We use this function to determine what type of value an object or value is, i.e. is the value a numeric, logical, character, etc.

Conceptual Usage

class(variable or value of interest)

Examples

# Find the type of the value 5
class(5)

## [1] "numeric"

# Find the type of the value 'this is a string'
class('this is a string')

## [1] "character"

# Find the type of a previously defined variable
x <- 75.5
class(x)

## [1] "numeric"