NULL
The Null Object
Description
Coerces or tests for NULL objects. 
Usage
as.null(x, ...)
as.null.default(x, ...)
is.null(x)
Arguments
  
| x | any object. | 
  | ... | other optional arguments to pass to or from the method. 
Reserved for future use. | 
 
Details
Both is.null and as.null are generic. Currently, 
only as.null has defined a default method. 
Value
| as.null | always returns NULL. | 
 
| is.null | returns TRUE if x is NULL
and returns FALSE if x is not NULL. | 
 
 
Warning
An object can be of length 0 and not be NULL. See 
the examples section. 
See Also
Examples
is.null(character(0)) # returns FALSE 
as.null(list(a=1:5, b=1:10))