cursor.itcount()
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cursor.itcount()
- Importantmongo 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.Counts the number of documents remaining in a cursor.
itcount()
is similar tocursor.count()
, but actually executes the query on an existing iterator, exhausting its contents in the process.The
itcount()
method has the following prototype form:db.collection.find(<query>).itcount() TipSee also: