$log

New from version 4.0.

The $log operator in Amazon DocumentDB calculates the natural logarithm of a number. It returns the base-e logarithm of the specified number.

Parameters

• expression: The number for which the natural logarithm will be calculated.

• base: Base value to calculate log.

Example (MongoDB Shell)

The following example demonstrates the usage of the $log operator to calculate the natural logarithm of a number.

Create sample documents

db.numbers.insertMany([
  { _id: 1, value: 10 },
  { _id: 2, value: 100 },
  { _id: 3, value: 1000 }
]);

Query example

db.numbers.aggregate([
  { $project: {
    _id: 1,
    naturalLog: { $log: ["$value", 10] }
  }}
]);

Output

[
  { "_id" : 1, "naturalLog" : 1 },
  { "_id" : 2, "naturalLog" : 2 },
  { "_id" : 3, "naturalLog" : 2.9999999999999996 }
]

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('numbers');

  const result = await collection.aggregate([
    { $project: {
      _id: 1,
      naturalLog: { $log: ["$value", 10] }
    }}
  ]).toArray();

  console.log(result);
  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.numbers

    result = list(collection.aggregate([
        { "$project": {
            "_id": 1,
            "naturalLog": { "$log": ["$value", 10] }
        }}
    ]))

    print(result)
    client.close()

example()