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WeakMap.prototype.has()

The has() method of WeakMap instances returns a boolean indicating whether an element with the specified key exists in this WeakMap or not.

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Syntax

js
has(key)

Parameters

key

The key of the element to test for presence in the WeakMap object.

Return value

Returns true if an element with the specified key exists in the WeakMap object; otherwise false. Always returns false if key is not an object or a non-registered symbol.

Examples

Using the has method

js
const wm = new WeakMap();
wm.set(window, "foo");

wm.has(window); // returns true
wm.has("baz"); // returns false

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile Server
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android Deno Node.js
has 36 12
6Before Firefox 38, this method threw a TypeError when the key parameter was not an object. This has been fixed in version 38 and later to return false as per the ES2015 standard.
23 8 36
6Before Firefox 38, this method threw a TypeError when the key parameter was not an object. This has been fixed in version 38 and later to return false as per the ES2015 standard.
24 8 3.0 37 1.0 0.12.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/WeakMap/has