Why OBJECT_ID used while checking if a table exists or not

Question

I need to check if a table in SQL exist or not.

If not it must create one automatically.

Now I researched and found this code:

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Answer 1

object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[YourTable]')

object_id is the column name in sys.objects

OBJECT_ID is a function that returns the ID for the object you specify, i.e. YourTable.

You are comparing the object_id of YourTable with the object_id column in the sys.objects table. You need to replace YourTable with the table name you want to check already exists.