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Asked: 2026-06-17T19:48:50+00:00

I would like to check if the current environment is the global environment in

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I would like to check if the current environment is the global environment in R. However, direct comparison doesn’t seem to work with evironments. What is the best way to do this?

#doesn't work
sys.frame() == .GlobalEnv
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  1. Editorial Team

    Matthew Plourde’s solution:

    > identical(sys.frame(),.GlobalEnv)
[1] TRUE

    You can also check names, though this might be less reliable:

    > environmentName(sys.frame())=="R_GlobalEnv"
[1] TRUE
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