How to check if a table exist in Oracle?

Question

In Sql I check if a table exist with this code:

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT NAME FROM SYSOBJECTS  
     WHERE NAME = 'Plane')
   CREATE TABLE Plane(Flight int)

How to do this check if a table not exist then i create it in Oracle because it throws exception if i try to create already existing table?

Answer 1

you can check the data dictionary for that table

select table_name from user_tables where table_name='MYTABLE';

Answer 2

CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] tbl_name (create_definition,...) [table_options] [partition_options]