It acts similiarly to Excel's ISBLANK function. If the value you give is blank(NA in R terms) then it returns true, in other cases it returns false.
Usage
ISBLANK(value)
Arguments
value
Give the function the value for it to evaluate if it is blank?In R words if it is NA. NA is blank in R.
Value
Function returns logical class. If the value specified is blank then it returns true, in all other cases it returns false. Function will always return logical class.