Print the Value of an Object in R Programming - identity() Function Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report identity() function in R Language is used to print the value of the object which is passed to it as argument. Syntax: identity(x) Parameters: x: An Object Example 1: Python3 1== # R program to print # the value of an object # Creating a vector x <- c(1, 2, 3, 4) # Creating a list list1 <- list(letters[1:6]) # Calling the identity function identity(x) identity(list1) Output: [1] 1 2 3 4 [[1]] [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" Example 2: Python3 1== # R program to print # the value of an object # Calling predefined data frame x1 <- BOD # Creating a matrix mat <- matrix(c(1:9), 3, 3, byrow = T) # Calling the identity() Function identity(x1) identity(mat) Output: Time demand 1 1 8.3 2 2 10.3 3 3 19.0 4 4 16.0 5 5 15.6 6 7 19.8 [, 1] [, 2] [, 3] [1, ] 1 2 3 [2, ] 4 5 6 [3, ] 7 8 9 Comment N nidhi_biet Follow 0 Improve N nidhi_biet Follow 0 Improve Article Tags : R Language R Vector-Function R Object-Function R Matrix-Function R List-Function +1 More Explore R Tutorial | Learn R Programming Language 4 min read IntroductionR Programming Language - Introduction 4 min read Interesting Facts about R Programming Language 4 min read R vs Python 5 min read Environments in R Programming 3 min read Introduction to R Studio 4 min read How to Install R and R Studio? 4 min read Creation and Execution of R File in R Studio 5 min read Clear the Console and the Environment in R Studio 2 min read Hello World in R Programming 2 min read Fundamentals of RBasic Syntax in R Programming 3 min read Comments in R 3 min read R-Operators 5 min read R-Keywords 2 min read R-Data Types 5 min read VariablesR Variables - Creating, Naming and Using Variables in R 5 min read Scope of Variable in R 5 min read Dynamic Scoping in R Programming 5 min read Lexical Scoping in R Programming 4 min read Input/OutputTaking Input from User in R Programming 7 min read Printing Output of an R Program 4 min read Print the Argument to the Screen in R Programming - print() Function 2 min read Control FlowControl Statements in R Programming 4 min read Decision Making in R Programming - if, if-else, if-else-if ladder, nested if-else, and switch 3 min read Switch case in R 2 min read For loop in R 5 min read R - while loop 5 min read R - Repeat loop 2 min read goto statement in R Programming 2 min read Break and Next statements in R 3 min read FunctionsFunctions in R Programming 5 min read Function Arguments in R Programming 4 min read Types of Functions in R Programming 6 min read Recursive Functions in R Programming 4 min read Conversion Functions in R Programming 4 min read Data StructuresData Structures in R Programming 4 min read R Strings 6 min read R-Vectors 4 min read R-Lists 6 min read R - Array 7 min read R-Matrices 10 min read R-Factors 4 min read R-Data Frames 6 min read Object Oriented ProgrammingR-Object Oriented Programming 7 min read Classes in R Programming 3 min read R-Objects 3 min read Encapsulation in R Programming 3 min read Polymorphism in R Programming 6 min read R - Inheritance 7 min read Abstraction in R Programming 3 min read Looping over Objects in R Programming 5 min read S3 class in R Programming 8 min read Explicit Coercion in R Programming 3 min read Error HandlingHandling Errors in R Programming 3 min read Condition Handling in R Programming 5 min read Debugging in R Programming 3 min read Like