AutoGen - The Automated Program Generator: 3.4.9 exist? - test for value name

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### 3.4.9 ‘`exist?`’ - test for value name

Usage: (exist? ag-name)
return SCM_BOOL_T iff a specified name has an AutoGen value. The name may include indexes and/or member names. All but the last member name must be an aggregate definition. For example:

    (exist? "foo[3].bar.baz")

will yield true if all of the following is true:
There is a member value of either group or string type named `baz` for some group value `bar` that is a member of the `foo` group with index `3`. There may be multiple entries of `bar` within `foo`, only one needs to contain a value for `baz`.

Arguments:
ag-name - name of AutoGen value

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