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Description¶
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cursor.forEach(function)¶ Iterates the cursor to apply a JavaScript
functionto 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:Parameter Type Description functionJavaScript A 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 ); } );
See also
cursor.map() for similar functionality.