What is Map.has() method in Typescript?

Overview

Maps are helpful when we want to store key-value pair values. Maps are also known as dictionaries. It is one of the data structures available in many programming languages. The has() method is used to check if a particular key exists in a map.

Syntax

Map.has(key)
The has() method of a Map in TypeScript

Parameters

key: This represents the key whose existence we want to check.

Return value

This method returns a Boolean value. If the key exists, a true is returned. Otherwise, false is returned.

Code example

Let's look at the code below:

// create some Maps 
let evenNumbers = new Map<string, number>([["two", 2], ["four", 4], ["eight", 8]])
let cart = new Map<string, number>([["rice", 500], ["bag", 10]])
let countries = new Map<string, string>([["NG", "Nigeria"], ["BR", "Brazil"], ["IN", "India"]])
let isMarried = new Map<string, boolean>([["James", false], ["Jane", true], ["Doe", false]])
let emptyMap = new Map<null, null>()
// delete some entries
console.log(evenNumbers.has("two"))  // true
console.log(cart.has("bag"))         // true
console.log(countries.has("GH"))     // false
console.log(isMarried.has("Doe"))    // true
console.log(evenNumbers.has(null))   // false

Code explanation

  • Lines 2 to 6: We create some maps.
  • Lines 9 to 13:  We use the has() method to check if the maps contain the specified keys. And we print the results to the console.

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