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cursor.tryNext()
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cursor.tryNext()Important
mongo Shell Method
This page documents the
mongoshell 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.Returns: The next document in the cursor returned by the db.collection.find()method ornull.
Behavior
cursor.tryNext() is a special case of the cursor.next()
method that returns the next element in the iteration if available or
else null.