get dataRow value from false column name

[orenl]

I have a DataRow (from DataTable) and i want to get data from a column
name that might not exist.
public static object getObject(DataTable dataTable, int index,
string columnName)
{
return dataTable.Rows[index][columnName];
}

if the column name does not exist - exception will be thrown.
Is there a fast way to check if the column exist (without iterating
over all the columns)?

[Eliyahu Goldin]

dataTable.Columns.Contains(columnName)

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>I have a DataRow (from DataTable) and i want to get data from a column
name that might not exist.
public static object getObject(DataTable dataTable, int index,
string columnName)
{
return dataTable.Rows[index][columnName];
}

if the column name does not exist - exception will be thrown.
Is there a fast way to check if the column exist (without iterating
over all the columns)?