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Rgetbool

Rgetbool


Purpose
Get the boolean value of an R expression.
Synopsis
function Rgetbool(cmd:string):boolean
Argument
cmd 
Statements to evaluate
Return value
The result of the evaluation as a boolean.
Example
The following example checks if the R entity vec is atomic and sets the boolean variable boolvar accordingly:
 boolvar:=Rgetbool('is.atomic(vec)')
Further information
If cmd contains more than one statement, the returned value is the result of the last one. If the results is NA, then false is returned. The returned value is first converted to logical within R.
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