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Description

Returns True if a specified key exists in the Dictionary object, False if it does not.

Syntax

object.Exists(key)

The Exists method syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
object	Required. Always the name of a Dictionary object.
key	Required. Key value being searched for in the Dictionary object.

Remarks

The following example illustrates use of the Exists method:

Function KeyExistsDemo
  Dim d, msg              'Create some variables.
  Set d = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
  d.Add "a", "Athens"     'Add some  keys and items.
  d.Add "b", "Belgrade"
  d.Add "c", "Cairo"
  If d.Exists("c") Then
    msg = "Specified key exists."
  Else
    msg = "Specified key doesn't exist."
  End If
  KeyExistsDemo = msg
End Function