How to check if a value exists in an object using JavaScript

Question

I have an object in JavaScript:

var obj = {
   "a": "test1",
   "b": "test2"
}

How do I check that te

Answer 1

getValue = function (object, key) {
    return key.split(".").reduce(function (obj, val) {
        return (typeof obj == "undefined" || obj === null || obj === "") ? obj : (_.isString(obj[val]) ? obj[val].trim() : obj[val]);}, object);
};

var obj = {
   "a": "test1",
   "b": "test2"
};

Function called:

 getValue(obj, "a");