How to find sharepoint group exists of not using C#

Guru Gunal

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How to find sharepoint group exists of not using C# server side code?

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Ramesh Palaniappan10y ago
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1. //Checkifagroupexistsinawebsite
2. vargroupInWeb=GroupExistsInWebSite(SPContext.Current.Web,"MyGroupName");
4. //Checkifagroupexistsinasitecollection
5. vargroupInSite=GroupExistsInSiteCollection(SPContext.Current.Web,"MyGroupName");
7. privateboolGroupExistsInWebSite(SPWebweb,stringname)
8. {
9. returnweb.Groups.OfType().Count(g=>g.Name.Equals(name,StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))>0;
10. }
11. privateboolGroupExistsInSiteCollection(SPWebweb,stringname)
12. {
13. returnweb.SiteGroups.OfType().Count(g=>g.Name.Equals(name,StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))>0;
14. }

string groupName = "MyGroupName"; SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;  //Check if group exists in the web  if (web.Groups.OfType().Count(g=>g.Name.Equals(groupName, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))>0)  {      //Get the SPGroup by group name if exists      SPGroup group = web.Groups[groupName];  }

Delpin Susai Raj10y ago

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