mongodbHow to query with "not equal" condition in MongoDB?

MongoDB provides the $ne operator to query documents with "not equal" condition. The $ne operator matches all the documents that do not contain the specified field value.

Example

db.collection.find({ field: { $ne: value } })

This example will return all documents in the collection where the value of the field does not equal the specified value.

Code explanation

• db.collection.find(): This is the MongoDB query method used to find documents in a collection.
• { field: { $ne: value } }: This is the query condition used to specify the field and value to match. The $ne operator is used to match documents where the field does not equal the specified value.

Helpful links

• MongoDB Query Operators

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