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Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms - Third Edition
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Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms - Third Edition

by Loiane Avancini
April 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
426 pages
10h 19m
English
Packt Publishing
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The has(element) method

The first method we will implement is the has(element) method. We will implement this method first because it will be used in other methods, such as add and remove, to verify whether the element already exists in the set. We can take a look at its implementation here:

has(element){ 
  return element in items; 
}; 

Since we are using an object to store all the elements of the set, we can use JavaScript's in operator to verify that the given element is a property of the items object.

However, there is a better way of implementing this method, which is as follows:

has(element) {  return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(this.items, element);}

The Object prototype has the hasOwnProperty method. This method returns a boolean ...

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