# \$1cond
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The `$cond` operator in Amazon DocumentDB is used to evaluate a conditional expression and return one of two possible result expressions.

**Parameters**
+ `if`: The boolean expression to evaluate.
+ `then`: The expression to return if the `if` expression is true.
+ `else`: The expression to return if the `if` expression is false.

## Example (MongoDB Shell)
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The following example demonstrates the use of the `$cond` operator to return a value based on the age of a person.

**Create sample documents**

```
db.people.insertMany([
  { _id: 1, name: "John Doe", age: 35 },
  { _id: 2, name: "Jane Doe", age: 25 },
  { _id: 3, name: "Bob Smith", age: 65 }
]);
```

**Query example**

```
db.people.aggregate([
  {
    $project: {
      name: 1,
      ageGroup: {
        $cond: {
          if: { $lt: ["$age", 30] },
          then: "young",
          else: {
            $cond: {
              if: { $lt: ["$age", 65] },
              then: "middle-aged",
              else: "elderly"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
])
```

**Output**

```
[
  { "_id" : 1, "name" : "John Doe", "ageGroup" : "middle-aged" },
  { "_id" : 2, "name" : "Jane Doe", "ageGroup" : "young" },
  { "_id" : 3, "name" : "Bob Smith", "ageGroup" : "elderly" }
]
```

## Code examples
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To view a code example for using the `$cond` command, choose the tab for the language that you want to use:

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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('people');

  const result = await collection.aggregate([
    { $project: {
        name: 1,
        ageGroup: {
            $cond: {
                if: { $lt: ["$age", 30] },
                then: "young",
                else: {
                    $cond: {
                        if: { $lt: ["$age", 65] },
                        then: "middle-aged",
                        else: "elderly"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
      }
    }
  ]).toArray();

  console.log(result);
  client.close();
}

example();
```

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#### [ 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.people

    result = list(collection.aggregate([
        {
            '$project': {
                'name': 1,
                'ageGroup': {
                    '$cond': {
                        'if': { '$lt': ["$age", 30]},
                        'then': "young",
                        'else': {
                            '$cond': {
                                'if': { '$lt': ["$age", 65]},
                                'then': "middle-aged",
                                'else': "elderly"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ]))

    print(result)
    client.close()

example()
```

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