$abs - Amazon DocumentDB
Example (MongoDB Shell)Code examples
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$abs

The $abs operator in Amazon DocumentDB returns the absolute value of a number. It can be used in the aggregation pipeline to perform mathematical operations on numeric fields.

Parameters

  • number: The numeric expression for which the absolute value will be returned.

Example (MongoDB Shell)

This example demonstrates the usage of the $abs operator to find the absolute value of a numeric field.

Create sample documents

db.numbers.insertMany([
  { "_id": 1, "value": -5 },
  { "_id": 2, "value": 10 },
  { "_id": 3, "value": -3.14 },
  { "_id": 4, "value": 0 }
]);

Query example

db.numbers.aggregate([
  { $project: {
    "_id": 1,
    "absolute_value": { $abs: "$value" }
  }}
]);

Output

[
  { "_id": 1, "absolute_value": 5 },
  { "_id": 2, "absolute_value": 10 },
  { "_id": 3, "absolute_value": 3.14 },
  { "_id": 4, "absolute_value": 0 }
]

Code examples

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Node.js
const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');

async function main() {
  const client = await MongoClient.connect('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false');
  const db = client.db('test');
  const collection = db.collection('numbers');

  const result = await collection.aggregate([
    { $project: {
      "_id": 1,
      "absolute_value": { $abs: "$value" }
    }}
  ]).toArray();

  console.log(result);
  await client.close();
}

main();
Python
from pymongo import MongoClient

def main():
    client = MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
    db = client['test']
    collection = db['numbers']

    result = list(collection.aggregate([
        { '$project': {
            "_id": 1,
            "absolute_value": { "$abs": "$value" }
        }}
    ]))

    print(result)
    client.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()