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Return the number of objects in this table having the specified `key`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_flathashtable.h>`

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std::size_t
count(KEY const& key) const;
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== Description

Note that since a table maintains unique keys, the returned value will be either 0 or 1.

== Return Value

1 if `key` is present, and 0 otherwise

== Parameters

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