dropping a mongo collection with a "?" at the end of its name

Question

I can't figure out how to drop a collection named "did-it-break?"

I've tried the usual way:

db.did-it-break?.drop()

but no, its not working. it outputs

[thread1] SyntaxError: expected expression, got keyword 'break'

Possible duplicate of [Working with special characters in a Mongo collection](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9569976/working-with-special-characters-in-a-mongo-collection) — s7vr, Feb 07 '18 at 00:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '18 at 00:03

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Simply reference the collection name using brackets instead of the dot:

db['did-it-break?'].drop()

Always use brackets if you cannot type some name using the dot notation.

answered Feb 07 '18 at 00:03

nbkhope

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