Why is the class of a vector the class of the elements of the vector and not vector itself?

Question

I don\'t understand why the class of a vector is the class of the elements of the vector and not vector itself.

vector <- c(\"la\", \"la\", \"la\")
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Answer 1

In the R language definition, there are six basic types of vector, one of which is "character". There really isn't a base "vector" type, but six different kinds of vectors that are all base types.

On the other hand, Matrix is a type of data structure.