exists: boolean; //here's the variable declaration at the beginning of the class

onCreateFolder(nodeId) { //the actual function

this.exists = false;

this.nodeService.getNodeChildren(nodeId).forEach(
  node => {
    node.list.entries.forEach(
      actualNode => {
        if(actualNode.entry.isFolder && actualNode.entry.name === theName) {
          this.exists = true;
          this.existingFolderId = actualNode.entry.id;
          console.log("Found the existing folder! " + this.existingFolderId); //console log is beeing printed - so the if statement is true at least once so as this.exists should be set to true
        }
      }
    )
  }
)

//after leaving the method above the it seems like this.exists goes back to false(?)

  if(!this.exists) {

  //always get into

  } else if(this.exists) {

  //never get into

  }


}