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var/1

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tests whether the argument is a variable.

var(+Term)

var/1 succeeds if Term is a variable otherwise it fails.

Arguments

Term                   term

Examples

var(Variable). Succeeds.
var(X), X=f(a,b). Succeeds.
X=f(a,b), var(X). Fails.
var(ab). Fails.

Standard

This predicate is part of the ISO-Prolog Standard.

See also

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

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