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compound(?Term)

Succeeds if Term is of type compound, i.e. a structure or a list.
?Term
Prolog term.

Description

Used to test whether Term is a compound term.

Fail Conditions

Fails if Term is not a compound term.

Resatisfiable

No.

Examples

   Success:
   compound(f(1,2)).
   compound([1,2,3]).
   compound(.(1,2)).
   Fail:
   compound("f(1,2)").
   compound(Term).
   compound(atom).

See Also

atom / 1, atomic / 1, var / 1