Why can't I access a mongodb query result outside of a function?

Asked Mar 26 '20 at 23:06

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Why can't I access my result?

var myList = [];
db.collection('clientes').find({}, {projection: {_id:0, pedido: 1}}).toArray((err, result) => {
   if (err) return console.log(err);
   myList.push(result);
})
console.log(myList);`

My console log is giving me 'undefined', why?

asked Mar 26 '20 at 23:06

Ligo Utilities

Doubtful. Check that assumption again... there's something else wrong in the code you haven't shown us. – Brad Mar 26 '20 at 23:07
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It's an **asynchronous** function. The callback is only called when the query is complete. – Pointy Mar 26 '20 at 23:12
`console.log` is executed before you get the results – blex Mar 26 '20 at 23:12

Why can't I access a mongodb query result outside of a function?

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