code: def detect_member(row, key):
      ''' properly detects if a an attribute exists '''
      (target, tkey, tvalue) = dict_crawl(row, key)
      if target:
          return True
      return Falsf detect_member(row, key):
      ''' properly detects if a an attribute exists '''
      (target, tkey, tvalue) = dict_crawl(row, key)
      if target:
          return True
      return False
docs: properly detects if a an attribute exists