\Header{character}{Character Vectors}
\alias{as.character}{character}
\methalias{as.character.default}{character}
\methalias{as.character.factor}{character}
\alias{is.character}{character}
\keyword{character}{character}
\keyword{classes}{character}
\begin{Description}\relax
Create or test for objects of type \code{"character"}.\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
character(length = 0)
as.character(x, ...)
is.character(x)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Value}
\code{character} creates a character vector of the specified length.
The elements of the vector are all equal to \code{""}.

\code{as.character} attempts to coerce its argument to character type.

\code{is.character} returns \code{TRUE} or \code{FALSE} depending on
whether its argument is of character type or not.\end{Value}

