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RethinkDB: The concatMap command in Javascript

Declaration

sequence.concatMap(mappingFunction) -> stream
array.concatMap(mappingFunction) -> array

Description

Flattens a sequence of arrays returned by the mappingFunction into a single sequence.

Example

Construct a sequence of all monsters defeated by Marvel heroes. Here the field 'defeatedMonsters' is a list that is concatenated to the sequence.

r.table('marvel').concatMap(function(hero) {
  return hero('defeatedMonsters')
}).run(conn, callback)
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