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Is the variable numerical?

Source: R/numerical-checks.R
is_numerical.Rd

This function checks if a variable is numerical. It returns TRUE if the variable is numerical and FALSE otherwise. If non-numerical entries are found, it prints a message indicating the non-numerical entries.

Usage

is_numerical(x)

Arguments

x

A vector to be checked for numericality.

Value

TRUE if the variable is numerical, FALSE otherwise.

See also

Other numerical: as_numerical()

Examples

is_numerical(c("1", "2", "3"))
#> [1] TRUE
is_numerical(c("1", "2", "3", "A"))
#> ✖ Non-numerical entries found: A
#> [1] FALSE