# \$1ln
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New from version 4.0.

The `$ln` operator in Amazon DocumentDB calculates the natural logarithm (base e) of a specified number. It returns the logarithm of the number to the base e.

**Parameters**
+ `expression`: The number for which the natural logarithm will be calculated.

## Example (MongoDB Shell)
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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: { $ln: "$value" }
  }}
]);
```

**Output**

```
[
  { "_id" : 1, "naturalLog" : 2.302585092994046 },
  { "_id" : 2, "naturalLog" : 4.605170185988092 },
  { "_id" : 3, "naturalLog" : 6.907755278982137 }
]
```

## Code examples
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To view a code example for using the `$ln` 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('numbers');

  const result = await collection.aggregate([
    { $project: {
      _id: 1,
      naturalLog: { $ln: "$value" }
    }}
  ]).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.numbers

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

    print(result)
    client.close()

example()
```

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