Check the class of an object

check_class() returns the class of the provided object data as a string. If the class of data cannot be determined due to an error, the function returns the string "unknown".

Usage

check_class(dat)

Arguments

dat

The object for which the class is to be checked.

Value

• check_class(): Returns a string representing the class of dat. If an error occurs while determining the class, it returns "unknown".

Examples

check_class(42)
#> [1] "numeric"

check_class("Hello")
#> [1] "character"

check_class(list(1, 2, 3))
#> [1] "list"

check_class(NA)
#> [1] "logical"

check_class(data.frame(a = 1:3, b = letters[1:3]))
#> [1] "data.frame"

try(check_class(function(x) x))
#> [1] "function"