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| operator | has key | ||||
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| Summary | Boolean Returns true if the shelf contains a key with the given name, and false otherwise. Replacing  | 
  shelf test:
     shelf-type? shelf-name (has | hasnt) key string-expression
  attribute shelf test:
     specified? attribute (has | hasnt)  key string-expression
  or
  specified? data-attributes (has | hasnt) key string-expression
has key is a test that determines if a shelf contains a key with the given string-expression.
hasnt key returns the opposite results.
has key can also be applied to an attribute shelf in a similar fashion. 
The has key test determines whether an element has an attribute declared for it. It can be used on both the  data-attributes and attributes shelves.
For example, the following code shows how has key can be used to test for a declared attribute:
  global stream id-name
  ...
  output attributes key id-name
     when attributes has key id-name and
        attribute key id-name isnt implied
In this example, the has key test is used to determine whether the switch shelf "assoc-list" currently contains an item with the name referred to by "%x(curr-key)".
  global switch assoc-list
  global counter item-no
  ...
  find "{" [any except "}"]+= curr-key "}"
    do when assoc-list has key "%x(curr-key)"
      set item-no to item of assoc-list ^ "%x(curr-key)"
    else
      ; An index of 0 means that the key wasn't found.
      set item-no to 0
    done
| Related Concepts Attributes: list-valued | 
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