R: Get a glimpse of your data

glimpse {tibble} | R Documentation

## Get a glimpse of your data

### Description

`glimpse()` is like a transposed version of `print()`: columns run down the page, and data runs across. This makes it possible to see every column in a data frame. It's a little like `str()` applied to a data frame but it tries to show you as much data as possible. (And it always shows the underlying data, even when applied to a remote data source.)

This generic will be moved to pillar, and reexported from there as soon as it becomes available.

### Usage

    glimpse(x, width = NULL, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | An object to glimpse at.
`width` | Width of output: defaults to the setting of the option `tibble.width` (if finite) or the width of the console.
`...` | Unused, for extensibility.

### Value

x original x is (invisibly) returned, allowing `glimpse()` to be used within a data pipe line.

### S3 methods

`glimpse` is an S3 generic with a customised method for `tbl`s and `data.frames`, and a default method that calls `str()`.

### Examples

    glimpse(mtcars)

    glimpse(nycflights13::flights)

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