MongoDB Limit

MongoDB limit() function is used to limit the number of results returned.

Syntax

db.collection.find().limit(number)

It accepts only one argument, i.e. number of the result. It is a positive integer that specify maximum number of result return.

Example

Suppose we have the following students data.

mongodb limit

The following query returns only three documents of students data.

db.students.find().limit(3);
mongodb limit