Check if an Object is sorted or not in R Programming - is.unsorted() Function Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report is.unsorted() function in R Language is used to check if an object is sorted or not. It returns False if the object is sorted otherwise True. Syntax: is.unsorted(x) Parameters: x: Object Example 1: Python3 1== # R Program to check if # an object is sorted # Creating a vector x <- c(1:9) # Creating a matrix mat <- matrix(c(5, 3, 4, 2), 2, 2) # Calling is.unsorted() Function is.unsorted(x) is.unsorted(mat) Output: [1] FALSE [1] TRUE Here, the output is FALSE for vector because it is sorted and matrix is unsorted, hence the function returns TRUE for matrix. Example 2: Python3 1== # R Program to check if # an object is sorted # Creating a vector x <- c(2, 4, 2, 5, 7, 1, 3, 8, 1) x # Calling is.unsorted() Function is.unsorted(x) # Sorting the function x1 <- sort(x) x1 # Calling is.unsorted() Function is.unsorted(x1) Output: [1] 2 4 2 5 7 1 3 8 1 [1] TRUE [1] 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 7 8 [1] FALSE Create Quiz Comment N nidhi_biet Follow 0 Improve N nidhi_biet Follow 0 Improve Article Tags : R Language R DataFrame-Function R Vector-Function R Object-Function R Matrix-Function +1 More Explore IntroductionR Programming Language - Introduction 4 min read Interesting Facts about R Programming Language 4 min read R vs Python 5 min read Environments in R Programming 3 min read Introduction to R Studio 4 min read How to Install R and R Studio? 4 min read Creation and Execution of R File in R Studio 5 min read Clear the Console and the Environment in R Studio 2 min read Hello World in R Programming 2 min read Fundamentals of RBasic Syntax in R Programming 3 min read Comments in R 3 min read R-Operators 5 min read R-Keywords 2 min read R-Data Types 5 min read VariablesR Variables - Creating, Naming and Using Variables in R 5 min read Scope of Variable in R 5 min read Dynamic Scoping in R Programming 5 min read Lexical Scoping in R Programming 4 min read Input/OutputTaking Input from User in R Programming 7 min read Printing Output of an R Program 4 min read Print the Argument to the Screen in R Programming - print() Function 2 min read Control FlowControl Statements in R Programming 4 min read Decision Making in R Programming - if, if-else, if-else-if ladder, nested if-else, and switch 3 min read Switch case in R 2 min read For loop in R 5 min read R - while loop 5 min read R - Repeat loop 2 min read goto statement in R Programming 2 min read Break and Next statements in R 3 min read FunctionsFunctions in R Programming 5 min read Function Arguments in R Programming 4 min read Types of Functions in R Programming 6 min read Recursive Functions in R Programming 4 min read Conversion Functions in R Programming 4 min read Data StructuresData Structures in R Programming 4 min read R Strings 6 min read R-Vectors 4 min read R-Lists 6 min read R - Array 7 min read R-Matrices 10 min read R-Factors 4 min read R-Data Frames 6 min read Object Oriented ProgrammingR-Object Oriented Programming 7 min read Classes in R Programming 3 min read R-Objects 3 min read Encapsulation in R Programming 3 min read Polymorphism in R Programming 6 min read R - Inheritance 7 min read Abstraction in R Programming 3 min read Looping over Objects in R Programming 5 min read S3 class in R Programming 8 min read Explicit Coercion in R Programming 3 min read Error HandlingHandling Errors in R Programming 3 min read Condition Handling in R Programming 5 min read Debugging in R Programming 3 min read File HandlingFile Handling in R Programming 3 min read Reading Files in R Programming 9 min read Writing to Files in R Programming 2 min read Working with Binary Files in R Programming 5 min read Like