diff --git a/R/isempty.R b/R/isempty.R
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+#' @title Is Array Empty?
+#' @description Determine whether array is empty. An empty array, table, or timetable has at least one dimension with length 0, such as 0-by-0 or 0-by-5.
+#' @details Emulates the behavior of the `isempty` function on Matlab
+#' @param x array
+#' 
+isempty <- function(x) {
+    if (class(x) %in% c("array", "matrix")) {
+        dim_mat_x <- dim(x)
+    } else {
+        dim_mat_x <- dim(matrix(x))
+    }
+    return(any(dim_mat_x == 0) | is.null(dim_mat_x))
+}
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diff --git a/man/isempty.Rd b/man/isempty.Rd
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+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/isempty.R
+\name{isempty}
+\alias{isempty}
+\title{Is Array Empty?}
+\usage{
+isempty(x)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{x}{array}
+}
+\description{
+Determine whether array is empty. An empty array, table, or timetable has at least one dimension with length 0, such as 0-by-0 or 0-by-5.
+}
+\details{
+Emulates the behavior of the `isempty` function on Matlab
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-convertedBaseFunctions.R b/tests/testthat/test-convertedBaseFunctions.R
index b94ab16..357ce70 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-convertedBaseFunctions.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-convertedBaseFunctions.R
@@ -128,4 +128,19 @@ test_that("strcmp works as expected", {
     expect_equivalent(strcmp(s1, s3), c(FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE))
     expect_error(strcmp(s2, s3))
     expect_equal(strcmp(s4, s5), matrix(c(FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE), 2))
+})
+
+test_that("isempty works as expected", {
+    A <- array(dim=c(0, 2, 2))
+    B <- matrix(rep(NA, 4), 2)
+    C <- matrix(rep(0, 4), 2)
+    cat1 <- as.factor(c(NA, NA))
+    cat2 <- as.factor(c())
+    str1 <- matrix(rep("", 3))
+    expect_true(isempty(A))
+    expect_false(isempty(B))
+    expect_false(isempty(C))
+    expect_false(isempty(cat1))
+    expect_true(isempty(cat2))
+    expect_false(isempty(str1))
 })
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