How to find sharepoint group exists of not using C#

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

Ramesh Palaniappan · Answer

//Checkifagroupexistsinawebsite vargroupInWeb=GroupExistsInWebSite(SPContext.Current.Web MyGroupName ); //Checkifagroupexistsinasitecollection vargroupInSite=GroupExistsInSiteCollection(SPContext.Current.Web MyGroupName ); private bool GroupExistsInWebSite(SPWebweb string name) { return web.Groups.OfType ().Count(g=>g.Name.Equals(nameStringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))>0; } private bool GroupExistsInSiteCollection(SPWebweb string name) { return web.SiteGroups.OfType ().Count(g=>g.Name.Equals(nameStringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))>0; }

Delpin Susai Raj · Answer

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 Raj · Answer

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