arangodb/Documentation/DocuBlocks/collectionTruncate.md

@brief truncates a collection collection.truncate()

Truncates a collection, removing all documents but keeping all its indexes.

@EXAMPLES

Truncates a collection:

@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT{collectionTruncate} ~ db._create("example"); col = db.example; col.save({ "Hello" : "World" }); col.count(); col.truncate(); col.count(); ~ db._drop("example"); @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT