You can simply use if(yourElement)
var a = document.getElementById("elemA");_x000D_
var b = document.getElementById("elemB");_x000D_
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if(a)_x000D_
console.log("elemA exists");_x000D_
else_x000D_
console.log("elemA does not exist");_x000D_
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if(b)_x000D_
console.log("elemB exists");_x000D_
else_x000D_
console.log("elemB does not exist");
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<div id="elemA"></div>
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