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Find an element having the specified `key`; load a handle to the element into the specified `handle`. Return true if successful, and false otherwise.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_hashtable.h>`

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bool
find(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/HashTable/Handle.adoc[Handle]* handle,
    KEY const& key) const;
----

== Return Value

`true` if an element was found, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *handle*
| handle loaded with the found element on success
| *key*
| key to look up
|===


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