cursor.forEach()
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Description
cursor.forEach(function)
Important
mongo Shell Method
This page documents the
mongo
shell method, and does not refer to the MongoDB Node.js driver (or any other driver) method. For corresponding MongoDB driver API, refer to your specific MongoDB driver documentation instead.Iterates the cursor to apply a JavaScript
function
to each document from the cursor.The
forEach()
method has the following prototype form:db.collection.find().forEach(<function>) The
forEach()
method has the following parameter:ParameterTypeDescriptionfunction
JavaScriptA JavaScript function to apply to each document from the cursor. The<function>
signature includes a single argument that is passed the current document to process.
Example
The following example invokes the forEach()
method
on the cursor returned by find()
to print
the name of each user in the collection:
db.users.find().forEach( function(myDoc) { print( "user: " + myDoc.name ); } );
Tip
See also:
cursor.map()
for similar functionality.