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atomic(?Term)
Succeeds if Term is an atom, a number, or a string.
- Term
- Prolog term.
Description
	Used to test whether Term is an atomic term.
	This is the negation of compound/1.
Modes and Determinism
Fail Conditions
Fails if Term is not an atom, a number or a string
Examples
Success:
    atomic(atom).
    atomic(1.4).
    atomic(3).
    atomic("Hello world").
    atomic([]).
Fail:
    atomic([1,3,3,6]).
    atomic(this(is,a,structure)).
    atomic(X).
See Also
atom / 1, compound / 1, is_list / 1, is_array / 1, var / 1