UNB/ CS/ David Bremner/ teaching/ cs2613/ books/ mdn/ Reference/ Global Objects/ WeakSet/ WeakSet.prototype.has()

The has() method of WeakSet instances returns a boolean indicating whether an object exists in this WeakSet or not.

Syntax

has(value)

Parameters

Return value

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

Examples

Using the has() method

const ws = new WeakSet();
const obj = {};
ws.add(window);

ws.has(window); // returns true
ws.has(obj); // returns false

// Storing a non-registered symbol
const sym = Symbol("foo");
ws.add(sym);
ws.add(Symbol.iterator);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also