.BG
.FN mode
.FN storage.mode
.TL
Data Mode of the Values in a Vector
.CS
mode(x)
mode(x) \(<- value

storage.mode(x)
storage.mode(x) \(<- value
.AG x
any object.  Missing values (`NA's) are allowed.
.RT
the mode of `x', for example
`"null"', `"logical"',
`"numeric"', `"list"', or any of a number of
modes used by the language.
.PP
`storage.mode' is relevant
.I only
when calling `.Fortran' or `.C' with numeric data.
When `mode(x)' is `"numeric"', the data of `x' may
be stored as integers, or as single-precision or double-precision
floating point numbers: `storage.mode(x)' will be `"integer"',
`"single"' or `"double"' correspondingly.
.SE
When used on the left of an assignment, the mode
of the object is changed to `value', interpreted as
a character string.
Attributes of `x' are unchanged.
.PP
This function has nothing to do with the statistical concept
of the mode of a distribution.
.KW attribute
.WR
