Checking if a key exists in a JS object

I have the following JavaScript object:

var obj = {
    "key1" : val,
    "key2" : val,
    "key3" : val
}

Is there a way to check if a key exists in the array, similar to this?

testArray = jQuery.inArray("key1", obj);

does not work.

Do I have to iterate through the obj like this?

jQuery.each(obj, function(key,val)){}

Use the in operator:

testArray = 'key1' in obj;

Sidenote: What you got there, is actually no jQuery object, but just a plain JavaScript Object.

That's not a jQuery object, it's just an object.

You can use the hasOwnProperty method to check for a key:

if (obj.hasOwnProperty("key1")) {
  ...
}

var obj = {
    "key1" : "k1",
    "key2" : "k2",
    "key3" : "k3"
};

if ("key1" in obj)
    console.log("has key1 in obj");

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To access a child key of another key

var obj = {
    "key1": "k1",
    "key2": "k2",
    "key3": "k3",
    "key4": {
        "keyF": "kf"
    }
};

if ("keyF" in obj.key4)
    console.log("has keyF in obj");

Above answers are good. But this is good too and useful.

!obj['your_key']  // if 'your_key' not in obj the result --> true

It's good for short style of code special in if statements:

if (!obj['your_key']){
    // if 'your_key' not exist in obj
    console.log('key not in obj');
} else {
    // if 'your_key' exist in obj
    console.log('key exist in obj');
}

Note: If your key be equal to null or "" your "if" statement will be wrong.

obj = {'a': '', 'b': null, 'd': 'value'}
!obj['a']    // result ---> true
!obj['b']    // result ---> true
!obj['c']    // result ---> true
!obj['d']    // result ---> false

So, best way for checking if a key exists in a obj is:'a' in obj

You can try this:

const data = {
  name : "Test",
  value: 12
}

if("name" in data){
  //Found
}
else {
  //Not found
}