@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ You can set an attribute directly by assigning ``DOMAIN.name.attr = value``.
204204
205205In cases where you need to compute the name of the state variable dynamically, or you need to set or
206206get all the state attributes, you can use the built-in functions ``state.get() ``, ``state.getattr() ``,
207- ``state.set() ``and ``state.setattr() ``; see `State Functions <#state-variable-functions >`__.
207+ ``state.set() ``, `` state.exist() `` and ``state.setattr() ``; see `State Variables <#state-variables >`__.
208208
209209The function ``state.names(domain=None) `` returns a list of all state variable names (i.e.,
210210``entity_id ``\ s) of a domain. If ``domain `` is not specified, it returns all HASS state
@@ -1118,12 +1118,14 @@ State variables
11181118State variables can be used and set just by using them as normal Python variables. However, there
11191119could be cases where you want to dynamically generate the variable name (e.g., in a function or loop
11201120where the state variable name is computed dynamically). These functions allow you to get and set a
1121- variable using its string name. The set function also allows you to optionally set the attributes,
1122- which you can't do if you are directly assigning to the variable:
1121+ variable or attribute using its string name. The set function also allows you to optionally set the
1122+ attributes, which you can't do if you are directly assigning to the variable:
11231123
11241124``state.delete(name) ``
11251125 Deletes the given state variable or attribute. The Python ``del `` statement can also be used
11261126 to delete a state variable or attribute.
1127+ ``state.exist(name) ``
1128+ Returns ``True `` if the given state variable or attribute exists, otherwise ``False ``.
11271129``state.get(name) ``
11281130 Returns the value of the state variable given its string ``name ``. A ``NameError `` exception
11291131 is thrown if the name doesn't exist. If ``name `` is a string of the form ``DOMAIN.entity.attr ``
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