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Check if the Object is a List in R Programming - is.list() Function

Last Updated : 12 Jun, 2020
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is.list() function in R Language is used to return TRUE if the specified data is in the form of list, else returns FALSE.
Syntax: is.list(X) Parameters: x: different types of data storage
Example 1: Python3
# R program to illustrate
# is.list function

# Initializing some list
a <- list(1, 2, 3)
b <- list(c("Jan", "Feb", "Mar"))
c <- list(matrix(c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)))
d <- list(list("green", 12.3))

# Calling is.list() function
is.list(a)
is.list(b)
is.list(c)
is.list(d)
Output:
[1] TRUE
[1] TRUE
[1] TRUE
[1] TRUE
Example 2: Python3
# R program to illustrate
# is.list function

# Initializing a data frame "Biochemical Oxygen
# Data" data sets
x <- BOD

# Each row of the data frame is a list 
a <- x[2, ]

# Each column of the data frame is not a list 
b <- x[, 1]

# Calling is.list() function
is.list(a)
is.list(b)
Output:
[1] TRUE
[1] FALSE

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