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as.symbol coerces its argument to be a symbol, or
equivalently, a name. The argument must
be of mode "character". as.name is a
.Alias for as.symbol.
is.symbol (and is.name equivalently) returns TRUE
or FALSE depending on whether its argument is a symbol
(i.e. name) or not.
as.symbol(x) is.symbol(y) as.name(x) is.name(y)
The term ``symbol'' is from the lisp background of R, whereas ``name'' has been the standard S term for this.
call, is.language. For the internal
object mode, typeof.
an <- as.name("arrg")
is.name(an) # TRUE
str(an)# symbol