# \$1size
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The `$size` query operator matches documents where an array field has exactly the specified number of elements. This is useful for filtering documents based on array length.

**Parameters**
+ `field`: The array field to check.
+ `count`: The exact number of elements the array must contain.

## Example (MongoDB Shell)
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The following example demonstrates using the `$size` operator to find all products that have exactly three tags.

**Create sample documents**

```
db.products.insertMany([
  { _id: 1, name: "Laptop", tags: ["electronics", "computers", "portable"] },
  { _id: 2, name: "Mouse", tags: ["electronics", "accessories"] },
  { _id: 3, name: "Desk", tags: ["furniture", "office", "workspace"] },
  { _id: 4, name: "Monitor", tags: ["electronics"] }
]);
```

**Query example**

```
db.products.find({ tags: { $size: 3 } });
```

**Output**

```
{ "_id" : 1, "name" : "Laptop", "tags" : [ "electronics", "computers", "portable" ] }
{ "_id" : 3, "name" : "Desk", "tags" : [ "furniture", "office", "workspace" ] }
```

## Code examples
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To view a code example for using the `$size` query operator, 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('products');

  const result = await collection.find({ tags: { $size: 3 } }).toArray();

  console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
  await 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['products']

    result = list(collection.find({'tags': {'$size': 3}}))

    print(result)
    client.close()

example()
```

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