# \$1abs
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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)
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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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To view a code example for using the `$abs` command, choose the tab for the language that you want to use:

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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();
```

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#### [ 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()
```

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