Determines whether a particular value exists as a key in the map.
public boolean exists(anytype keyValue)
Called
Parameter
Description
keyValue
The value for which to check.
true if the specified key value exists in the map; otherwise, false.
Use this method to guard calls to the Map.lookup method. If the Map.lookup method does not find the value it is looking for, it throws an exception.
Map.lookup
The following example checks whether a particular style exists in a map of styles in a style sheet. If it does, a new name is substituted for the body style.
static void renameStyle(Map stylesheet, str fromName, str toName) { str body; ; if (stylesheet.exists(fromName)) { body = stylesheet.lookup (fromName); stylesheet.remove (fromName); stylesheet.insert (toName, body); } else { info (fromName); } }