# Check array empty

The **Contains** node is  used to check if an array is empty or not

### Properties Panel

#### General

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="244">Field</th><th>Description</th><th>Required</th><th data-hidden>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Node name</td><td><a href="../../../node-name"><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Checkout Node name</strong></mark></a></td><td>true</td><td>_</td></tr><tr><td>Variable name</td><td>Name of array to check if it is empty</td><td>true</td><td>_</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Returns

`result` - The result of the `Check empty array` node at runtime. You can access this using Magical Autocomplete (eg. `$.<node_name>.result`) in any node below this node


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