Checking if the Object is a Factor in R Programming – is.factor() Function Improve Improve Like Article Like Save Share Report is.factor() function in R Language is used to check if the object passed to the function is a Factor or not. It returns a boolean value as output. Syntax: is.factor(Object) Parameters: Object: Object to be checked Example 1: # Creating a vector x<-c("female", "male", "male", "female") # Converting the vector x into a factor named gender gender<-factor(x) # Using is.factor() Function is.factor(gender) Output: [1] TRUE Example 2: # Creating a vector x<-c("female", "male", "male", "female") # Converting the vector x into a factor named gender gender<-factor(x) # Using is.factor() Function is.factor(x) Output: [1] FALSE Last Updated : 04 Jun, 2020 Like Article Save Article Previous Calculate the absolute value in R programming - abs() method Next Getting and Setting Length of the Vectors in R Programming - length() Function: Title change need Share your thoughts in the comments Add Your Comment Please Login to comment...