IsValueContainer
Checks if an object is a value container.
Syntax
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IsValueContainer(X)-
Xis any object
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Description
IsValueContainer(X) returns true iff X is a value container, that is, iff it can contain a collection of simple values of some kind, but not a collection of arbitrary objects.
IsValueContainer(X) is a property of the class of X.
The following classes are value containers:
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real vectors (contains real numbers)
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complex vectors (contains complex numbers)
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real matrices (contains real numbers)
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complex matrices (contains complex numbers)
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strings (contains characters, which are technically strings of length 1)
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pixmaps (contains pixels, which are technically colours)
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tables (contains strings)
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binary data (contains bytes, which are technically integers)