mongo.distinct: Get a vector of distinct values for keys in a collection

In jonkatz2/rmongodb: R-MongoDB driver

Description

Get a vector of distinct values for keys in a collection.

Usage

mongo.distinct(mongo, ns, key, query = mongo.bson.empty())

Arguments

mongo	(mongo) A mongo connection object.
ns	(string) The namespace of the collection in which to find distinct keys.
key	(string) The name of the key field for which to get distinct values.
query	mongo.bson An optional query to restrict the returned values.

Details

See http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Aggregation#Aggregation-Distinct.

Value

vector of distinct values or NULL if the command failed.

(vector) The result set of distinct keys.

See Also

mongo.command,
mongo.simple.command,
mongo.find,
mongo.

Examples

mongo <- mongo.create()
if (mongo.is.connected(mongo)) {
    keys <- mongo.distinct(mongo, "test.people", "name")
    print(keys)
}

jonkatz2/rmongodb documentation built on May 19, 2019, 7:30 p.m.