dplyr::glimpse()
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Description

The glimpse() function is part of the {dplyr} package, which is part of the {tidyverse}.

We use this function to see a content overview of a tibble (data frame).

To use this function, you need to either first load the {dplyr} library, or always use the function with dplyr::glimpse() notation.

# Load the library
library(dplyr)
# Or, load the full tidyverse:
library(tidyverse)

# Or, use :: notation
dplyr::glimpse()

Conceptual Usage

glimpse(tibble)

Examples

The examples below use the msleep dataset. Learn more about this dataset with get_help("msleep").

# Show the msleep dataset with head()
head(msleep)
## # A tibble: 6 × 11
##   name  genus vore  order conservation sleep_total sleep_rem sleep_cycle awake  brainwt  bodywt
##   <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>              <dbl>     <dbl>       <dbl> <dbl>    <dbl>   <dbl>
## 1 Owl … Aotus omni  Prim… <NA>                17         1.8      NA       7    0.0155    0.48 
## 2 Moun… Aplo… herbi Rode… nt                  14.4       2.4      NA       9.6 NA         1.35 
## 3 Grea… Blar… omni  Sori… lc                  14.9       2.3       0.133   9.1  0.00029   0.019
## 4 Cow   Bos   herbi Arti… domesticated         4         0.7       0.667  20    0.423   600    
## 5 Thre… Brad… herbi Pilo… <NA>                14.4       2.2       0.767   9.6 NA         3.85 
## 6 Nort… Call… carni Carn… vu                   8.7       1.4       0.383  15.3 NA        20.5


# Glimpse the msleep dataset
glimpse(msleep)
## Rows: 61
## Columns: 11
## $ name         <chr> "Owl monkey", "Mountain beaver", "Greater short-tailed shrew", "Cow", "T…
## $ genus        <chr> "Aotus", "Aplodontia", "Blarina", "Bos", "Bradypus", "Callorhinus", "Can…
## $ vore         <chr> "omni", "herbi", "omni", "herbi", "herbi", "carni", "carni", "herbi", "h…
## $ order        <chr> "Primates", "Rodentia", "Soricomorpha", "Artiodactyla", "Pilosa", "Carni…
## $ conservation <chr> NA, "nt", "lc", "domesticated", NA, "vu", "domesticated", "lc", "domesti…
## $ sleep_total  <dbl> 17.0, 14.4, 14.9, 4.0, 14.4, 8.7, 10.1, 5.3, 9.4, 10.0, 12.5, 10.3, 8.3,…
## $ sleep_rem    <dbl> 1.8, 2.4, 2.3, 0.7, 2.2, 1.4, 2.9, 0.6, 0.8, 0.7, 1.5, 2.2, 2.0, 1.4, 3.…
## $ sleep_cycle  <dbl> NA, NA, 0.1333333, 0.6666667, 0.7666667, 0.3833333, 0.3333333, NA, 0.216…
## $ awake        <dbl> 7.00, 9.60, 9.10, 20.00, 9.60, 15.30, 13.90, 18.70, 14.60, 14.00, 11.50,…
## $ brainwt      <dbl> 0.01550, NA, 0.00029, 0.42300, NA, NA, 0.07000, 0.11500, 0.00550, NA, 0.…
## $ bodywt       <dbl> 0.480, 1.350, 0.019, 600.000, 3.850, 20.490, 14.000, 33.500, 0.728, 4.75…