cursor.map()

• cursor.map(function)

mongo Shell Method

This page documents the mongo shell method, and doesnot refer to the MongoDB Node.js driver (or any other driver)method. For corresponding MongoDB driver API, refer to your specificMongoDB driver documentation instead.

Applies function to each document visited by the cursor andcollects the return values from successive application intoan array.

The cursor.map() method has the following parameter:

ParameterTypeDescriptionfunctionfunctionA function to apply to each document visited by the cursor.

Example

db.users.find().map( function(u) { return u.name; } );

See also

cursor.forEach() for similar functionality.