function l = exist(o, varname) % --*-- Unitary tests --*--

% Tests if a variable exists in dseries object o.
%
% INPUTS 
%  - o       [dseries], dseries object.
%  - varname [string],  name of a variable.
%
% OUTPUTS 
%  - l       [logical], equal to 1 (true) iff varname is a variable in dseries object o. 

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if ~ischar(varname)
    error(['dseries::exist: Input arguments ''' inputname(2) ''' has to be string!'])
end

l = ~isempty(strmatch(varname, o.name, 'exact'));

%@test:1
%$ % Define a datasets.
%$ data = randn(10,4);
%$
%$ % Define names
%$ names = {'Noddy';'Jumbo';'Sly';'Gobbo'};
%$ t = zeros(4,1);
%$
%$ % Instantiate a time series object and compute the absolute value.
%$ try
%$    ts = dseries(data,[],names,[]);
%$    t(1) = 1;
%$ catch
%$    t = 0;
%$ end
%$
%$ if t(1)
%$    t(2) = dassert(ts.exist('Noddy'),true);
%$    t(3) = dassert(ts.exist('noddy'),false);
%$    t(4) = dassert(ts.exist('Boots'),false);
%$ end
%$ T = all(t);
%@eof:1