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


Selects the fields specified into a result set.


[[[@cG

<cursor>.select([<field>[,...]])

]]]


**Arguments**

[[[@w

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

]]]

Field names may - but need not - be quoted. If asterisk is passed for fields or if fields are omitted, all fields will be selected.


**Returns**

[[[@w

Returns a result set (cursor).

]]]


**Example**

[[[@cw

db.employees.find().select("name", "firstname", "age");

]]]

Selects name, firstname and age fields from the //employees// collection.



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