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Definition¶
- $push¶
The $push operator appends a specified value to an array.
The $push operator has the form:
{ $push: { <field1>: <value1>, ... } }
To specify a <field> in an embedded document or in an array, use dot notation.
Behavior¶
If the field is absent in the document to update, $push adds the array field with the value as its element.
If the field is not an array, the operation will fail.
If the value is an array, $push appends the whole array as a single element. To add each element of the value separately, use the $each modifier with $push. For an example, see Append Multiple Values to an Array. For a list of modifiers available for $push, see Modifiers.
Modifiers¶
2.4 新版功能.
You can use the $push operator with the following modifiers:
Modifier | Description |
---|---|
$each | Appends multiple values to the array field. 在 2.6 版更改: When used in conjunction with the other modifiers, the $each modifier no longer needs to be first. |
$slice | Limits the number of array elements. Requires the use of the $each modifier. |
$sort | Orders elements of the array. Requires the use of the $each modifier. |
$position | Specifies the location in the array at which to insert the new elements. Requires the use of the $each modifier. Without the $position modifier, the $push appends the elements to the end of the array. 2.6 新版功能. |
When used with modifiers, the $push operator has the form:
{ $push: { <field1>: { <modifier1>: <value1>, ... }, ... } }
The processing of the push operation with modifiers occur in the following order, regardless of the order in which the modifiers appear:
- Update array to add elements in the correct position.
- Apply sort, if specified.
- Slice the array, if specified.
- Store the array.
Examples¶
Append a Value to an Array¶
The following example appends 89 to the scores array:
db.students.update(
{ _id: 1 },
{ $push: { scores: 89 } }
)
Append Multiple Values to an Array¶
Use $push with the $each modifier to append multiple values to the array field.
The following example appends each element of [ 90, 92, 85 ] to the scores array for the document where the name field equals joe:
db.students.update(
{ name: "joe" },
{ $push: { scores: { $each: [ 90, 92, 85 ] } } }
)
Use $push Operator with Multiple Modifiers¶
A collection students has the following document:
{
"_id" : 5,
"quizzes" : [
{ "wk": 1, "score" : 10 },
{ "wk": 2, "score" : 8 },
{ "wk": 3, "score" : 5 },
{ "wk": 4, "score" : 6 }
]
}
The following $push operation uses:
- the $each modifier to add multiple documents to the quizzes array,
- the $sort modifier to sort all the elements of the modified quizzes array by the score field in descending order, and
- the $slice modifier to keep only the first three sorted elements of the quizzes array.
db.students.update(
{ _id: 5 },
{
$push: {
quizzes: {
$each: [ { wk: 5, score: 8 }, { wk: 6, score: 7 }, { wk: 7, score: 6 } ],
$sort: { score: -1 },
$slice: 3
}
}
}
)
The result of the operation is keep only the three highest scoring quizzes:
{
"_id" : 5,
"quizzes" : [
{ "wk" : 1, "score" : 10 },
{ "wk" : 2, "score" : 8 },
{ "wk" : 5, "score" : 8 }
]
}