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

The $last operator in Amazon DocumentDB is used to return the last element in an array that matches the query criteria. It is particularly useful for retrieving the most recent or the last element in an array that satisfies a specific condition.

Parameters

  • expression: The expression to match the array elements.

Example (MongoDB Shell)

The following example demonstrates the use of the $last operator in combination with $filter to retrieve the last element from an array that meets a specific condition (e.g., subject is 'science').

Create sample documents

db.collection.insertMany([
  {
    "_id": 1,
    "name": "John",
    "scores": [
      { "subject": "math", "score": 82 },
      { "subject": "english", "score": 85 },
      { "subject": "science", "score": 90 }
    ]
  },
  {
    "_id": 2,
    "name": "Jane",
    "scores": [
      { "subject": "math", "score": 92 },
      { "subject": "english", "score": 88 },
      { "subject": "science", "score": 87 }
    ]
  },
  {
    "_id": 3,
    "name": "Bob",
    "scores": [
      { "subject": "math", "score": 75 },
      { "subject": "english", "score": 80 },
      { "subject": "science", "score": 85 }
    ]
  }
]);

Query example

db.collection.aggregate([
    { $match: { name: "John" } },
    {
      $project: {
        name: 1,
        lastScienceScore: {
          $last: {
            $filter: {
              input: "$scores",
              as: "score",
              cond: { $eq: ["$$score.subject", "science"] }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]);

Output

[
  {
    _id: 1,
    name: 'John',
    lastScienceScore: { subject: 'science', score: 90 }
  }
]

Code examples

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

async function example() {
  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('collection');

  const result = await collection.aggregate([
    { $match: { name: "John" } },
    {
      $project: {
        name: 1,
        lastScienceScore: {
          $last: {
            $filter: {
              input: "$scores",
              as: "score",
              cond: { $eq: ["$$score.subject", "science"] }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]).toArray();

  console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
  await client.close();
}

example();
Python
from pymongo import MongoClient

def example():

    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.collection

    pipeline = [
        { "$match": { "name": "John" } },
        {
            "$project": {
                "name": 1,
                "lastScienceScore": {
                    "$last": {
                        "$filter": {
                            "input": "$scores",
                            "as": "score",
                            "cond": { "$eq": ["$$score.subject", "science"] }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ]

    result = list(collection.aggregate(pipeline))

    print(result)

    client.close()

example()