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JavaScript

Array.prototype.any = function (expr) {
    
    if (typeof jQuery === 'undefined')
        throw new ReferenceError('jQuery not loaded');
    
    return $.grep(this, function (x, i) {
        return eval(expr);
    }).length > 0;
    
};

var foo = [{ a: 1, b: 2 }, { a:1, b: 3 }];

console.log(foo.any('x.a === 1'));
console.log(foo.any('x.a === 2'));