# How to tell if a tag exists

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-tag-exists/3899>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 22, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-tag-exists/3899 "2012-01-22T23:11:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-tag-exists/3899/9 "2019-03-28T00:07:05Z")

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> Yeah, we should really have a tagExists expression function that returns 0 or 1 and never errors out. I will add a ticket into our system.

Is this still not available?

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