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= count() =
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[[MongoDB Driver Function Reference]]


Counts the records in the input result set.


[[[@cG

<cursor>.count()

]]]


**Arguments**

[[[@w

|@t0@r0@c0 <cursor> | | A result set. |

]]]


**Returns**

[[[@w

Returns a result set (cursor).

]]]


**Example**

[[[@cw

db.employees.find().count();

]]]

Returns the number of documents in the //employee// collection.







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