The array doesn't behave like an array

Question

I'm working with express, node and mongoose. If I access my mongoDB database and console.log it, I get my array:

module.exports ={
  stories: function(req, res, next){
    
      Story.find(function(err, stories){
      


  if(err) return handleError(err);

  console.log(stories)

  res.render('dashboard', {
  err,
  stories
  })
  })
  }
}

The output

 '0': {
        _id: new ObjectId("6206613aeb4f95fd983f94ba"),
        username: 'David N.',
        content: '   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,   content,v',
        date: 2022-02-11T13:14:34.461Z,
        __v: 0
      }

BUT I cannot perform dot notation!

module.exports ={
  stories: function(req, res, next){

      Story.find(function(err, stories){



  if(err) return handleError(err);

  console.log(stories.username)

  res.render('dashboard', {
  err,
  stories
  })
  })
  }
}

Then the output is: undefined

Can please someone explain to me, what is going on and how I can just access the username for example?

Answer 1

Look like Stories is an array so you need to do stories[0].username.