Getting type of different data types in R Programming – typeof() Function Last Updated : 12 Jun, 2020 Improve Improve Like Article Like Save Share Report typeof() function in R Language is used to return the types of data used as the arguments. Syntax: typeof(x) Parameters: x: specified data Example 1: # R program to illustrate # typeof function # Specifying "Biochemical oxygen demand" # data set x <- BOD x # Calling typeof() function typeof(x) 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] "list" Example 2: # R program to illustrate # typeof function # Calling typeof() function # over different types of data typeof(2) typeof(2.8) typeof("3") typeof("gfg") typeof(1 + 2i) Output: [1] "double" [1] "double" [1] "character" [1] "character" [1] "complex" Like Article Suggest improvement Previous Get Summary of Results produced by Functions in R Programming - summary() Function Next Check if the Object is a List in R Programming - is.list() Function Share your thoughts in the comments Add Your Comment Please Login to comment...