NameQ

NameQ["string"]

yields True if there are any symbols whose names match the string pattern given, and yields False otherwise.

Details

Examples

Basic Examples  (2)

Test whether a string corresponds to a Symbol:

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Test whether there are any symbols corresponding to a class of strings:

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Introduced in 1988
(1.0)