Check if an Object is of Type Character in R Programming - is.character() Function

Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025

is.character() function in R Language is used to check if the object passed to it as argument is of character type.

Syntax: is.character(x) Parameters: x: Object to be checked

Example 1:

Python3 1==

# R program to check if 
# object is a character

# Creating a vector
x1 <- 4
x2 <- c("a", "b", "c", "d")
x3 <- c(1, 2, "a", 3, "b")

# Calling is.character() function
is.character(x1)
is.character(x2)
is.character(x3)

Output:

[1] FALSE
[1] TRUE
[1] TRUE

Example 2:

Python3 1==

# R program to check if 
# object is a character

# Creating a matrix
x1 <- matrix(letters[1:9], 3, 3)

# Calling is.character() function
is.character(x1)