Map.prototype.has()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

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

Try it

const map = new Map();
map.set("bar", "foo");

console.log(map.has("bar"));
// Expected output: true

console.log(map.has("baz"));
// Expected output: false

Syntax

js
has(key)

Parameters

key

The key of the entry to test for presence in the Map object. Object keys are compared by reference, not by value.

Return value

Returns true if an entry with the specified key exists in the Map object; otherwise false.

Examples

Using has()

js
const myMap = new Map();
myMap.set("bar", "foo");

console.log(myMap.has("bar")); // true
console.log(myMap.has("baz")); // false

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification
# sec-map.prototype.has

Browser compatibility

See also