DB_OF_TYPE_EXISTS

Returns a 1 if an object with the name and type you specified exits; returns a 0 if it does not exist. Distinguishes between objects with the same name but different type, and is especially useful when full path name isn't known.

Format

DB_OF_TYPE_EXISTS (Name String, Object Type)

Argument

 
Name String
Character string representing the name of an object.
Object Type
Character string, see DB_TYPE.

Example

if condition=(DB_OF_TYPE_EXISTS(".mod1.par1.node1", "marker"))  marker copy marker=.mod1node1 new_marker=.mod1.ground.node1 end