Checking that Thing/Room's text/value is set

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How do I check whether a thing has a description? (…or for that matter, whether a thing has a value of a certain type or if a value is set or not?)

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if the description of the rock is not “”: …

(You can also say “if the description of the rock is empty”, but this has a subtly different meaning.)

If a property is defined for a class, it is always set. You have to test and compare it to some default value ("", 0, nothing, or whatever).

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Thanks