# \$1min
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The `$min` operator returns the minimum value from an array of values. It can be used in aggregation stages to find the minimum value for a specified field across multiple documents.

**Parameters**
+ `expression`: The expression to evaluate. This can be a field path, a variable, or any expression that resolves to a value.

## Example (MongoDB Shell)
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The following example demonstrates the usage of the `$min` operator to find the minimum value of the `age` field across multiple documents.

**Create sample documents**

```
db.users.insertMany([
  { name: "John", age: 35 },
  { name: "Jane", age: 28 },
  { name: "Bob", age: 42 },
  { name: "Alice", age: 31 }
]);
```

**Query example**

```
db.users.aggregate([
  { $group: { _id: null, minAge: { $min: "$age" } } },
  { $project: { _id: 0, minAge: 1 } }
])
```

**Output**

```
[ { minAge: 28 } ]
```

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

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#### [ Node.js ]

```
const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');

async function findMinAge() {
  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 users = db.collection('users');

  const result = await users.aggregate([
    { $group: {
        _id: null,
        minAge: { $min: "$age" }
      }}
  ]).toArray();

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

findMinAge();
```

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#### [ Python ]

```
from pymongo import MongoClient

def find_min_age():
    client = MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
    db = client['test']
    users = db.users

    result = list(users.aggregate([
        { "$group": {
            "_id": None,
            "minAge": { "$min": "$age" }
        }}
    ]))

    print(result)
    client.close()

find_min_age()
```

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