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Initial checkin of AIM-MAT version 1.5 (6.4.2011).
author tomwalters
date Fri, 20 May 2011 12:32:31 +0100
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% method of class @parameter
% 
% (c) 2003-2008, University of Cambridge
% Maintained by Tom Walters (tcw24@cam.ac.uk), written by Stefan Bleeck (stefan@bleeck.de)
% http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/cnbh/aim2006/tools/parameter
% $Date: 2008-06-10 18:00:16 +0100 (Tue, 10 Jun 2008) $
function val=exist(param,text,inbox)
% returns a boolean value that indicates if that string has a valid field

cont=param.entries;
nrent=length(cont);

if nargin<3 % search in all subsections
    inbox='all';
end


nr=getentrynumberbytext(param,text,inbox);

if nr>0
    val=1;
else
    val=0;  % we must return a logical value otherwise it can generate difficult errors
end