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compound/1

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tests whether the argument is a compound term.

compound(+Term)

compound/1 succeeds if Term is a compound term otherwise it fails.

Arguments

Term                   term

Examples

compound([l,i,s,t]). Succeeds.
compound(f(X,Y)). Succeeds.
X=a*(b+c), compound(X). Succeeds with substitution X <- a*(b+c).
compound([a,t,o,m]). Succeeds.
compound('this is an atom'). Fails.

Standard

This predicate is part of the ISO-Prolog Standard.

See also

atom/1, atomic/1, float/1, integer/1, nonvar/1, number/1, var/1.

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