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Return whether this map contains an element with `key`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_flathashmap.h>`

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bool
contains(KEY const& key) const;
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== Description

Return `true` if this map contains an element having the specified `key`, and `false` otherwise.

== Return Value

`true` if an element with `key` exists, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *key*
| key to look up
|===


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