code: function hasNestedProperty(obj, propertyPath, returnVal = false) {
    if (!propertyPath) return false;
  
    // strip the leading dot
    propertyPath = propertyPath.replace(/^\./, '');
    const properties = propertyPath.split('.');
  
    for (var i = 0; i < properties.length; i++) {
      var prop = properties[i];
  
      if (!obj || !obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
        return returnVal ? null : false;
      } else {
        obj = obj[prop];
      }
    }
  
    return returnVal ? obj : true;
  }
docs: Checks to see whether an object has a deeply nested path
  @param {Object} target
  @param {String} propertyPath
  @param {Boolean} returnVal
  @returns {Boolean || Any} will return either true/false for existance or the actual value