$isNumber (expression operator)

Use $isNumber to Check if a Field is Numeric

Issue the following operation against the examples.sensors collection to populate test data:

db.getSiblingDB("examples").sensors.insertMany([

  { "_id" : 1, "reading" : Decimal128("26.0") },
  { "_id" : 2, "reading" : Long(25) },
  { "_id" : 3, "reading" : Int32(24) },
  { "_id" : 4, "reading" : 24.0 },
  { "_id" : 5, "reading" : "24" },
  { "_id" : 6, "reading" : [ Decimal128("26") ]}
])

The following aggregation uses the $addFields aggregation stage to add the following fields to each document:

• isNumber - Indicates whether the value of reading is an integer, decimal, double, or long.
• type - Indicates the BSON type of reading.

db.sensors.aggregate([{
  $addFields : {
    "isNumber" : { $isNumber : "$reading" },
    "hasType" : {$type : "$reading"}
  }
}])

The aggregation operation returns the following results:

{ "_id" : 1, "reading" : Decimal128("26.0000000000000"), "isNum " : true, "type" : "decimal" }
{ "_id" : 2, "reading" : Long(25), "isNum " : true, "type" : "long" }
{ "_id" : 3, "reading" : 24, "isNum " : true, "type" : "int" }
{ "_id" : 4, "reading" : 24, "isNum " : true, "type" : "double" }
{ "_id" : 5, "reading" : "24", "isNum " : false, "type" : "string" }
{ "_id" : 6, "reading" : [ Decimal128("26.0000000000000") ], "isNum " : false, "type" : "array" }

Conditionally Modify Fields using $isNumber

The grades collection contains data on student grades. The grade field may either store a string letter grade or a numeric point value.

db.getSiblingDB("examples").grades.insertMany([
  {
    "student_id" : 457864153,
    "class_id" : "01",
    "class_desc" : "Algebra",
    "grade" : "A"
  },
  {
    "student_id" : 457864153,
    "class_id" : "02",
    "class_desc" : "Chemistry",
    "grade" : 3.0
  },
  {
    "student_id" : 978451637,
    "class_id" : "03",
    "class_desc" : "Physics",
    "grade" : "C"
  },
  {
    "student_id" : 978451637,
    "class_id" : "04",
    "class_desc" : "English",
    "grade" : 4.0
  }
])

The following aggregation uses the $addFields stage to add a points field containing the numeric grade value for that course. The stage uses the $cond operator to set the value of points based on the output of $isNumber:

• If true, grades already contains the numeric point value. Set points equal to grades.
• If false, grades contains a string letter value. Use $switch to convert the letter grade to its equivalent point value and assign to points.

The aggregation pipeline then uses the $group stage to group on the student_id and calculate the student's average GPA.

 db.getSiblingDB("examples").grades.aggregate([
   {
     $addFields: {
       "points" : {
         $cond : {
           if : { $isNumber : "$grade" },
           then: "$grade" ,
           else: {
             $switch : {
               branches: [
                 { case: {$eq : ["$grade" , "A"]}, then : 4.0 },
                 { case: {$eq : ["$grade" , "B"]}, then : 3.0 },
                 { case: {$eq : ["$grade" , "C"]}, then : 2.0 },
                 { case: {$eq : ["$grade" , "D"]}, then : 1.0 },
                 { case: {$eq : ["$grade" , "F"]}, then : 0.0 }
               ]
             }
           }
         }
       }
     }
   },
   {
     $group : {
       _id : "$student_id",
       GPA : {
         $avg : "$points"
       }
     }
   }
])

The aggregation pipeline outputs one document per unique student_id with that student's GPA grade point average:

{ "_id" : 457864153, "GPA" : 3.5 }
{ "_id" : 978451637, "GPA" : 3 }