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cursor.forEach(function)
Important
mongosh Method
This is a
mongosh
method. This is not the documentation forNode.js
or other programming language specific driver methods.In most cases,
mongosh
methods work the same way as the legacymongo
shell methods. However, some legacy methods are unavailable inmongosh
.For the legacy
mongo
shell documentation, refer to the documentation for the corresponding MongoDB Server release:For MongoDB API drivers, refer to the language specific MongoDB driver documentation.
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![](/docs/v5.2/assets/link.svg)
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.