MongoDB Update Operator

The following modifiers are available to update operations. For example - in db.collection.update() and db.collection.findAndModify().

Defines the operator expression in the document of the form:

Field Operator

$currentDate

It updates the elements of a field to the current date, either as a Date or a timestamp. The default data type of this operator is the date.

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$inc

It increases a filed by the specified value.

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$min

It changes the value of the field to a specified value if the specified value is less than the current value of the filed.

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$max

It changes the value of the field to a specified value if the specified value is greater than the current value of the filed.

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$mul

It multiplies the value of a field by a number.

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$rename

The rename operator changes the name of a field.

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$set

The set operator changes the value of a field with the specified value.

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$setOnInsert

If the upsert is set to true, then it results in an insert of a document, then setOnInsert operator assigns the specified values to the field in the document.

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$unset

It removes a specified field.

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Array Operators

$

We can update an element in an array without explicitly specifying the position of the element.

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$[ ]

The positional operator indicates that the update operator should change all the elements in the given array field.

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$[<identifier>]

It is called a filtered positional operator that identifies the array elements.

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$addToSet

It adds an element to an array unless the element is already present, in which case this operator does nothing to that array.

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$pop

We can remove the first or last element of an array using the pop operator. We need to pass the value of pop as -1 to remove the first element of an array and 1 to remove the last element in an array.

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$pull

Using a pull operator, we can remove all the instances of a value in an array that matches the specified condition.

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$push

It appends a specified value to an array.

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$pullAll

We can remove all instances of the specified value from an existing array using the pullAll operator. It removes elements that match the listed value.

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Modifiers

$each

It is used with the $addToSet operator and the $push operator. It is used with the addToSet operator to add multiple values to an array if the value does not exist in the field.

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It is used with the push operator to append multiple values to an array.

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$position

It specifies the location where the push operator inserts elements inside an array.

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$slice

This modifier is used to limit the number of array elements during the push operation.

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$sort

The sort modifier arranges the values of an array during the push operation.

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Bitwise Operator

$bit

The bit operator updates a field using a bitwise operation. It supports bitwise AND, bitwise OR, and bitwise XOR operations.

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