---
title: "hasAnyAncestor"
description: "Returns whether the node has at least one ancestor that satisfies the given matcher.

 For the following tree

```
|-X
|-A |-B   |-C1   |-C2
```

In case of C1, we would check the matcher against A and B"
type: "function"
---

<div class='type'>Function</div>


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```kotlin
fun hasAnyAncestor(matcher: SemanticsMatcher): SemanticsMatcher
```


Returns whether the node has at least one ancestor that satisfies the given matcher.

 For the following tree

```
|-X
|-A |-B   |-C1   |-C2
```

In case of C1, we would check the matcher against A and B