R: Are Some Values True?

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## Are Some Values True?

### Description

Given a set of logical vectors, are any of the values true?

### Usage

    any(..., na.rm = FALSE)

### Arguments

`...` | one or more logical vectors. Other objects are coerced in a similar way as `as.logical.default`.
`na.rm` | logical. If true `NA` values are removed before the result is computed.

### Details

This is a generic function: methods can be defined for it directly or via the `Summary` group generic. For this to work properly, the arguments `...` should be unnamed, and dispatch is on the first argument.

### Value

Given a sequence of logical arguments, a logical value indicating whether or not any of the elements of `x` are `TRUE`.
The value returned is `TRUE` if any of the values in `x` are `TRUE`, and `FALSE` if all of the values in `x` are `FALSE`.
If `na.rm = FALSE` and `x` consists of a mix of `FALSE` and `NA` values, the value is `NA`.

### References

Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

### See Also

`all`, the “complement” of `any`.

### Examples

    range(x <- sort(round(rnorm(10) - 1.2,1)))
    if(any(x < 0)) cat("x contains negative values\n")

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