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Query an Array of Embedded Documents

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  • Query for a Document Nested in an Array
  • Specify a Query Condition on a Field in an Array of Documents
  • Specify Multiple Conditions for Array of Documents
  • Additional Query Tutorials

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This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the db.collection.find() method in mongosh. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using MongoDB Compass. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. Populate the inventory collection with the following documents:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the MongoCollection.Find() method in the MongoDB C# Driver. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the Collection.Find function in the MongoDB Go Driver. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoCollection.find method in the MongoDB Java Reactive Streams Driver.

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the com.mongodb.client.MongoCollection.find method in the MongoDB Java Synchronous Driver.

Tip

The driver provides com.mongodb.client.model.Filters helper methods to facilitate the creation of filter documents. The examples on this page use these methods to create the filter documents.

The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the motor.motor_asyncio.AsyncIOMotorCollection.find method in the Motor driver. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the Collection.find() method in the MongoDB Node.js Driver. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the MongoDB::Collection::find() method in the MongoDB Perl Driver. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the MongoDB\\Collection::find() method in the MongoDB PHP Library. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the pymongo.collection.Collection.find method in the PyMongo Python driver. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the Mongo::Collection#find() method in the MongoDB Ruby Driver. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

This page provides examples of query operations on an array of nested documents using the collection.find() method in the MongoDB Scala Driver. The examples on this page use the inventory collection. To populate the inventory collection, run the following:

db.inventory.insertMany( [
   { item: "journal", instock: [ { warehouse: "A", qty: 5 }, { warehouse: "C", qty: 15 } ] },
   { item: "notebook", instock: [ { warehouse: "C", qty: 5 } ] },
   { item: "paper", instock: [ { warehouse: "A", qty: 60 }, { warehouse: "B", qty: 15 } ] },
   { item: "planner", instock: [ { warehouse: "A", qty: 40 }, { warehouse: "B", qty: 5 } ] },
   { item: "postcard", instock: [ { warehouse: "B", qty: 15 }, { warehouse: "C", qty: 35 } ] }
]);

You can run the operation in the web shell below:

[
    { "item": "journal", "instock": [ { "warehouse": "A", "qty": 5 }, { "warehouse": "C", "qty": 15 } ] },
    { "item": "notebook", "instock": [ { "warehouse": "C", "qty": 5 } ] },
    { "item": "paper", "instock": [ { "warehouse": "A", "qty": 60 }, { "warehouse": "B", "qty": 15 } ] },
    { "item": "planner", "instock": [ { "warehouse": "A", "qty": 40 }, { "warehouse": "B", "qty": 5 } ] },
    { "item": "postcard", "instock": [ { "warehouse": "B","qty": 15 }, { "warehouse": "C", "qty": 35 } ] }
]

For instructions on inserting documents in MongoDB Compass, see Insert Documents.

var documents = new[]
{
    new BsonDocument
    {
        { "item", "journal" },
        { "instock", new BsonArray
            {
                new BsonDocument { { "warehouse", "A" }, { "qty", 5 } },
                new BsonDocument { { "warehouse", "C" }, { "qty", 15 } } }
            }
    },
    new BsonDocument
    {
        { "item", "notebook" },
        { "instock", new BsonArray
            {
                new BsonDocument { { "warehouse", "C" }, { "qty", 5 } } }
            }
    },
    new BsonDocument
    {
        { "item", "paper" },
        { "instock", new BsonArray
            {
                new BsonDocument { { "warehouse", "A" }, { "qty", 60 } },
                new BsonDocument { { "warehouse", "B" }, { "qty", 15 } } }
            }
    },
    new BsonDocument
    {
        { "item", "planner" },
        { "instock", new BsonArray
            {
                new BsonDocument { { "warehouse", "A" }, { "qty", 40 } },
                new BsonDocument { { "warehouse", "B" }, { "qty", 5 } } }
            }
    },
    new BsonDocument
    {
        { "item", "postcard" },
        { "instock", new BsonArray
            {
                new BsonDocument { { "warehouse", "B" }, { "qty", 15 } },
                new BsonDocument { { "warehouse", "C" }, { "qty", 35 } } }
            }
    }
};
collection.InsertMany(documents);
docs := []interface{}{
	bson.D{
		{"item", "journal"},
		{"instock", bson.A{
			bson.D{
				{"warehouse", "A"},
				{"qty", 5},
			},
			bson.D{
				{"warehouse", "C"},
				{"qty", 15},
			},
		}},
	},
	bson.D{
		{"item", "notebook"},
		{"instock", bson.A{
			bson.D{
				{"warehouse", "C"},
				{"qty", 5},
			},
		}},
	},
	bson.D{
		{"item", "paper"},
		{"instock", bson.A{
			bson.D{
				{"warehouse", "A"},
				{"qty", 60},
			},
			bson.D{
				{"warehouse", "B"},
				{"qty", 15},
			},
		}},
	},
	bson.D{
		{"item", "planner"},
		{"instock", bson.A{
			bson.D{
				{"warehouse", "A"},
				{"qty", 40},
			},
			bson.D{
				{"warehouse", "B"},
				{"qty", 5},
			},
		}},
	},
	bson.D{
		{"item", "postcard"},
		{"instock", bson.A{
			bson.D{
				{"warehouse", "B"},
				{"qty", 15},
			},
			bson.D{
				{"warehouse", "C"},
				{"qty", 35},
			},
		}},
	},
}
result, err := coll.InsertMany(context.TODO(), docs)
Publisher<Success> insertManyPublisher = collection.insertMany(asList(
        Document.parse("{ item: 'journal', instock: [ { warehouse: 'A', qty: 5 }, { warehouse: 'C', qty: 15 } ] }"),
        Document.parse("{ item: 'notebook', instock: [ { warehouse: 'C', qty: 5 } ] }"),
        Document.parse("{ item: 'paper', instock: [ { warehouse: 'A', qty: 60 }, { warehouse: 'B', qty: 15 } ] }"),
        Document.parse("{ item: 'planner', instock: [ { warehouse: 'A', qty: 40 }, { warehouse: 'B', qty: 5 } ] }"),
        Document.parse("{ item: 'postcard', instock: [ { warehouse: 'B', qty: 15 }, { warehouse: 'C', qty: 35 } ] }")
));
collection.insertMany(asList(
        Document.parse("{ item: 'journal', instock: [ { warehouse: 'A', qty: 5 }, { warehouse: 'C', qty: 15 } ] }"),
        Document.parse("{ item: 'notebook', instock: [ { warehouse: 'C', qty: 5 } ] }"),
        Document.parse("{ item: 'paper', instock: [ { warehouse: 'A', qty: 60 }, { warehouse: 'B', qty: 15 } ] }"),
        Document.parse("{ item: 'planner', instock: [ { warehouse: 'A', qty: 40 }, { warehouse: 'B', qty: 5 } ] }"),
        Document.parse("{ item: 'postcard', instock: [ { warehouse: 'B', qty: 15 }, { warehouse: 'C', qty: 35 } ] }")
));
# Subdocument key order matters in a few of these examples so we have
# to use bson.son.SON instead of a Python dict.
from bson.son import SON
await db.inventory.insert_many(
    [
        {
            "item": "journal",
            "instock": [
                SON([("warehouse", "A"), ("qty", 5)]),
                SON([("warehouse", "C"), ("qty", 15)]),
            ],
        },
        {"item": "notebook", "instock": [SON([("warehouse", "C"), ("qty", 5)])]},
        {
            "item": "paper",
            "instock": [
                SON([("warehouse", "A"), ("qty", 60)]),
                SON([("warehouse", "B"), ("qty", 15)]),
            ],
        },
        {
            "item": "planner",
            "instock": [
                SON([("warehouse", "A"), ("qty", 40)]),
                SON([("warehouse", "B"), ("qty", 5)]),
            ],
        },
        {
            "item": "postcard",
            "instock": [
                SON([("warehouse", "B"), ("qty", 15)]),
                SON([("warehouse", "C"), ("qty", 35)]),
            ],
        },
    ]
)
await db.collection('inventory').insertMany([
  {
    item: 'journal',
    instock: [
      { warehouse: 'A', qty: 5 },
      { warehouse: 'C', qty: 15 }
    ]
  },
  {
    item: 'notebook',
    instock: [{ warehouse: 'C', qty: 5 }]
  },
  {
    item: 'paper',
    instock: [
      { warehouse: 'A', qty: 60 },
      { warehouse: 'B', qty: 15 }
    ]
  },
  {
    item: 'planner',
    instock: [
      { warehouse: 'A', qty: 40 },
      { warehouse: 'B', qty: 5 }
    ]
  },
  {
    item: 'postcard',
    instock: [
      { warehouse: 'B', qty: 15 },
      { warehouse: 'C', qty: 35 }
    ]
  }
]);
# Subdocument key order matters in this example so we have
# to use Tie::IxHash instead of a regular, unordered Perl hash.
$db->coll("inventory")->insert_many(
    [
        {
            item    => "journal",
            instock => [
                Tie::IxHash->new( warehouse => "A", qty => 5 ),
                Tie::IxHash->new( warehouse => "C", qty => 15 )
            ]
        },
        {
            item    => "notebook",
            instock => [ Tie::IxHash->new( warehouse => "C", qty => 5 ) ]
        },
        {
            item    => "paper",
            instock => [
                Tie::IxHash->new( warehouse => "A", qty => 60 ),
                Tie::IxHash->new( warehouse => "B", qty => 15 )
            ]
        },
        {
            item    => "planner",
            instock => [
                Tie::IxHash->new( warehouse => "A", qty => 40 ),
                Tie::IxHash->new( warehouse => "B", qty => 5 )
            ]
        },
        {
            item    => "postcard",
            instock => [
                Tie::IxHash->new( warehouse => "B", qty => 15 ),
                Tie::IxHash->new( warehouse => "C", qty => 35 )
            ]
        }
    ]
);
$insertManyResult = $db->inventory->insertMany([
    [
        'item' => 'journal',
        'instock' => [
            ['warehouse' => 'A',  'qty' => 5],
            ['warehouse' => 'C',  'qty' => 15],
        ],
    ],
    [
        'item' => 'notebook',
        'instock' => [
            ['warehouse' => 'C',  'qty' => 5],
        ],
    ],
    [
        'item' => 'paper',
        'instock' => [
            ['warehouse' => 'A',  'qty' => 60],
            ['warehouse' => 'B',  'qty' => 15],
        ],
    ],
    [
        'item' => 'planner',
        'instock' => [
            ['warehouse' => 'A',  'qty' => 40],
            ['warehouse' => 'B',  'qty' => 5],
        ],
    ],
    [
        'item' => 'postcard',
        'instock' => [
            ['warehouse' => 'B',  'qty' => 15],
            ['warehouse' => 'C',  'qty' => 35],
        ],
    ],
]);
# Subdocument key order matters in a few of these examples so we have
# to use bson.son.SON instead of a Python dict.
from bson.son import SON
db.inventory.insert_many(
    [
        {
            "item": "journal",
            "instock": [
                SON([("warehouse", "A"), ("qty", 5)]),
                SON([("warehouse", "C"), ("qty", 15)]),
            ],
        },
        {"item": "notebook", "instock": [SON([("warehouse", "C"), ("qty", 5)])]},
        {
            "item": "paper",
            "instock": [
                SON([("warehouse", "A"), ("qty", 60)]),
                SON([("warehouse", "B"), ("qty", 15)]),
            ],
        },
        {
            "item": "planner",
            "instock": [
                SON([("warehouse", "A"), ("qty", 40)]),
                SON([("warehouse", "B"), ("qty", 5)]),
            ],
        },
        {
            "item": "postcard",
            "instock": [
                SON([("warehouse", "B"), ("qty", 15)]),
                SON([("warehouse", "C"), ("qty", 35)]),
            ],
        },
    ]
)
client[:inventory].insert_many([{ item: 'journal',
                                  instock: [ { warehouse: 'A', qty: 5 },
                                             { warehouse: 'C', qty: 15 }] },
                                { item: 'notebook',
                                  instock: [ { warehouse: 'C', qty: 5 }] },
                                { item: 'paper',
                                  instock: [ { warehouse: 'A', qty: 60 },
                                             { warehouse: 'B', qty: 15 }] },
                                { item: 'planner',
                                  instock: [ { warehouse: 'A', qty: 40 },
                                             { warehouse: 'B', qty: 5 }] },
                                { item: 'postcard',
                                  instock: [ { warehouse: 'B', qty: 15 },
                                             { warehouse: 'C', qty: 35 }] }
                               ])
collection.insertMany(Seq(
  Document("""{ item: "journal", instock: [ { warehouse: "A", qty: 5 }, { warehouse: "C", qty: 15 } ] }"""),
  Document("""{ item: "notebook", instock: [ { warehouse: "C", qty: 5 } ] }"""),
  Document("""{ item: "paper", instock: [ { warehouse: "A", qty: 60 }, { warehouse: "B", qty: 15 } ] }"""),
  Document("""{ item: "planner", instock: [ { warehouse: "A", qty: 40 }, { warehouse: "B", qty: 5 } ] }"""),
  Document("""{ item: "postcard", instock: [ { warehouse: "B", qty: 15 }, { warehouse: "C", qty: 35 } ] }""")
)).execute()

Query for a Document Nested in an Array

The following example selects all documents where an element in the instock array matches the specified document:

db.inventory.find( { "instock": { warehouse: "A", qty: 5 } } )

Copy the following filter into the Compass query bar and click Find:

{ "instock": { warehouse: "A", qty: 5 } }
Query for nested array element
var filter = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter.AnyEq("instock", new BsonDocument { { "warehouse", "A" }, { "qty", 5 } });
var result = collection.Find(filter).ToList();
cursor, err := coll.Find(
	context.TODO(),
	bson.D{
		{"instock", bson.D{
			{"warehouse", "A"},
			{"qty", 5},
		}},
	})
FindPublisher<Document> findPublisher = collection.find(eq("instock", Document.parse("{ warehouse: 'A', qty: 5 }")));
FindIterable<Document> findIterable = collection.find(eq("instock", Document.parse("{ warehouse: 'A', qty: 5 }")));
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock": SON([("warehouse", "A"), ("qty", 5)])})
const cursor = db.collection('inventory').find({
  instock: { warehouse: 'A', qty: 5 }
});
# Subdocument key order matters in this example so we have
# to use Tie::IxHash instead of a regular, unordered Perl hash.
$cursor = $db->coll("inventory")->find(
    { instock => Tie::IxHash->new( warehouse => "A", qty => 5 ) }
);
$cursor = $db->inventory->find(['instock' => ['warehouse' => 'A', 'qty' => 5]]);
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock": SON([("warehouse", "A"), ("qty", 5)])})
client[:inventory].find(instock: { warehouse: 'A', qty: 5 })
var findObservable = collection.find(equal("instock", Document("warehouse" -> "A", "qty" -> 5)))

Equality matches on the whole embedded/nested document require an exact match of the specified document, including the field order. For example, the following query does not match any documents in the inventory collection:

db.inventory.find( { "instock": { qty: 5, warehouse: "A" } } )
Query for nested array element
var filter = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter.AnyEq("instock", new BsonDocument { { "qty", 5 }, { "warehouse", "A" } });
var result = collection.Find(filter).ToList();
cursor, err := coll.Find(
	context.TODO(),
	bson.D{
		{"instock", bson.D{
			{"qty", 5},
			{"warehouse", "A"},
		}},
	})
findPublisher = collection.find(eq("instock", Document.parse("{ qty: 5, warehouse: 'A' }")));
findIterable = collection.find(eq("instock", Document.parse("{ qty: 5, warehouse: 'A' }")));
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock": SON([("qty", 5), ("warehouse", "A")])})
const cursor = db.collection('inventory').find({
  instock: { qty: 5, warehouse: 'A' }
});
# Subdocument key order matters in this example so we have
# to use Tie::IxHash instead of a regular, unordered Perl hash.
$cursor = $db->coll("inventory")->find(
    { instock => Tie::IxHash->new( qty => 5, warehouse => "A" ) }
);
$cursor = $db->inventory->find(['instock' => ['qty' => 5, 'warehouse' => 'A']]);
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock": SON([("qty", 5), ("warehouse", "A")])})
client[:inventory].find(instock: { qty: 5, warehouse: 'A' } )
findObservable = collection.find(equal("instock", Document("qty" -> 5, "warehouse" -> "A")))

Specify a Query Condition on a Field in an Array of Documents

Specify a Query Condition on a Field Embedded in an Array of Documents

If you do not know the index position of the document nested in the array, concatenate the name of the array field, with a dot (.) and the name of the field in the nested document.

The following example selects all documents where the instock array has at least one embedded document that contains the field qty whose value is less than or equal to 20:

db.inventory.find( { 'instock.qty': { $lte: 20 } } )

Copy the following filter into the Compass query bar and click Find:

{ 'instock.qty': { $lte: 20 } }
Query for embedded field matching single condition
var filter = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter.Lte("instock.qty", 20);
var result = collection.Find(filter).ToList();
cursor, err := coll.Find(
	context.TODO(),
	bson.D{
		{"instock.qty", bson.D{
			{"$lte", 20},
		}},
	})
findPublisher = collection.find(lte("instock.qty", 20));
findIterable = collection.find(lte("instock.qty", 20));
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock.qty": {"$lte": 20}})
const cursor = db.collection('inventory').find({
  'instock.qty': { $lte: 20 }
});
$cursor = $db->coll("inventory")->find( { 'instock.qty' => { '$lte' => 20 } } );
$cursor = $db->inventory->find(['instock.qty' => ['$lte' => 20]]);
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock.qty": {"$lte": 20}})
client[:inventory].find('instock.qty' => { '$lte' => 20 })
findObservable = collection.find(lte("instock.qty", 20))

Use the Array Index to Query for a Field in the Embedded Document

Using dot notation, you can specify query conditions for field in a document at a particular index or position of the array. The array uses zero-based indexing.

Note

When querying using dot notation, the field and index must be inside quotation marks.

The following example selects all documents where the instock array has as its first element a document that contains the field qty whose value is less than or equal to 20:

db.inventory.find( { 'instock.0.qty': { $lte: 20 } } )

Copy the following filter into the Compass query bar and click Find:

{ 'instock.0.qty': { $lte: 20 } }
Query for array element matching single condition
var filter = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter.Lte("instock.0.qty", 20);
var result = collection.Find(filter).ToList();
cursor, err := coll.Find(
	context.TODO(),
	bson.D{
		{"instock.0.qty", bson.D{
			{"$lte", 20},
		}},
	})
findPublisher = collection.find(lte("instock.0.qty", 20));
findIterable = collection.find(lte("instock.0.qty", 20));
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock.0.qty": {"$lte": 20}})
const cursor = db.collection('inventory').find({
  'instock.0.qty': { $lte: 20 }
});
$cursor = $db->coll("inventory")->find( { 'instock.0.qty' => { '$lte' => 20 } } );
$cursor = $db->inventory->find(['instock.0.qty' => ['$lte' => 20]]);
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock.0.qty": {"$lte": 20}})
client[:inventory].find('instock.0.qty' => { '$lte' => 20 })
findObservable = collection.find(lte("instock.0.qty", 20))

Specify Multiple Conditions for Array of Documents

When specifying conditions on more than one field nested in an array of documents, you can specify the query such that either a single document meets these condition or any combination of documents (including a single document) in the array meets the conditions.

A Single Nested Document Meets Multiple Query Conditions on Nested Fields

Use $elemMatch operator to specify multiple criteria on an array of embedded documents such that at least one embedded document satisfies all the specified criteria.

The following example queries for documents where the instock array has at least one embedded document that contains both the field qty equal to 5 and the field warehouse equal to A:

db.inventory.find( { "instock": { $elemMatch: { qty: 5, warehouse: "A" } } } )

Copy the following filter into the Compass query bar and click Find:

{ "instock": { $elemMatch: { qty: 5, warehouse: "A" } } }
Query for single document matching multiple conditions
var filter = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter.ElemMatch<BsonValue>("instock", new BsonDocument { { "qty", 5 }, { "warehouse", "A" } });
var result = collection.Find(filter).ToList();
cursor, err := coll.Find(
	context.TODO(),
	bson.D{
		{"instock", bson.D{
			{"$elemMatch", bson.D{
				{"qty", 5},
				{"warehouse", "A"},
			}},
		}},
	})
findPublisher = collection.find(elemMatch("instock", Document.parse("{ qty: 5, warehouse: 'A' }")));
findIterable = collection.find(elemMatch("instock", Document.parse("{ qty: 5, warehouse: 'A' }")));
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock": {"$elemMatch": {"qty": 5, "warehouse": "A"}}})
const cursor = db.collection('inventory').find({
  instock: { $elemMatch: { qty: 5, warehouse: 'A' } }
});
$cursor = $db->coll("inventory")->find(
    { instock => { '$elemMatch' => { qty => 5, warehouse => "A" } } }
);
$cursor = $db->inventory->find(['instock' => ['$elemMatch' => ['qty' => 5, 'warehouse' => 'A']]]);
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock": {"$elemMatch": {"qty": 5, "warehouse": "A"}}})
client[:inventory].find(instock: { '$elemMatch' => { qty: 5,
                                                     warehouse: 'A' } })
findObservable = collection.find(elemMatch("instock", Document("qty" -> 5, "warehouse" -> "A")))

The following example queries for documents where the instock array has at least one embedded document that contains the field qty that is greater than 10 and less than or equal to 20:

db.inventory.find( { "instock": { $elemMatch: { qty: { $gt: 10, $lte: 20 } } } } )

Copy the following filter into the Compass query bar and click Find:

{ "instock": { $elemMatch: { qty: { $gt: 10, $lte: 20 } } } }
Query for single document matching multiple conditions
var filter = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter.ElemMatch<BsonValue>("instock", new BsonDocument { { "qty", new BsonDocument { { "$gt", 10 }, { "$lte", 20 } } } });
var result = collection.Find(filter).ToList();
cursor, err := coll.Find(
	context.TODO(),
	bson.D{
		{"instock", bson.D{
			{"$elemMatch", bson.D{
				{"qty", bson.D{
					{"$gt", 10},
					{"$lte", 20},
				}},
			}},
		}},
	})
findPublisher = collection.find(elemMatch("instock", Document.parse("{ qty: { $gt: 10, $lte: 20 } }")));
findIterable = collection.find(elemMatch("instock", Document.parse("{ qty: { $gt: 10, $lte: 20 } }")));
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock": {"$elemMatch": {"qty": {"$gt": 10, "$lte": 20}}}})
const cursor = db.collection('inventory').find({
  instock: { $elemMatch: { qty: { $gt: 10, $lte: 20 } } }
});
$cursor = $db->coll("inventory") ->find(
    { instock => { '$elemMatch' => { qty => { '$gt' => 10, '$lte' => 20 } } } }
);
$cursor = $db->inventory->find(['instock' => ['$elemMatch' => ['qty' => ['$gt' => 10, '$lte' => 20]]]]);
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock": {"$elemMatch": {"qty": {"$gt": 10, "$lte": 20}}}})
client[:inventory].find(instock: { '$elemMatch' => { qty: { '$gt'  => 10,
                                                            '$lte' => 20 } } })
findObservable = collection.find(elemMatch("instock", Document("""{ qty: { $gt: 10, $lte: 20 } }""")))

Combination of Elements Satisfies the Criteria

If the compound query conditions on an array field do not use the $elemMatch operator, the query selects those documents whose array contains any combination of elements that satisfies the conditions.

For example, the following query matches documents where any document nested in the instock array has the qty field greater than 10 and any document (but not necessarily the same embedded document) in the array has the qty field less than or equal to 20:

db.inventory.find( { "instock.qty": { $gt: 10,  $lte: 20 } } )

Copy the following filter into the Compass query bar and click Find:

{ "instock.qty": { $gt: 10,  $lte: 20 } }
Query quantity value within range
var builder = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter;
var filter = builder.And(builder.Gt("instock.qty", 10), builder.Lte("instock.qty", 20));
var result = collection.Find(filter).ToList();
cursor, err := coll.Find(
	context.TODO(),
	bson.D{
		{"instock.qty", bson.D{
			{"$gt", 10},
			{"$lte", 20},
		}},
	})
findPublisher = collection.find(and(gt("instock.qty", 10), lte("instock.qty", 20)));
findIterable = collection.find(and(gt("instock.qty", 10), lte("instock.qty", 20)));
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock.qty": {"$gt": 10, "$lte": 20}})
const cursor = db.collection('inventory').find({
  'instock.qty': { $gt: 10, $lte: 20 }
});
$cursor = $db->coll("inventory")->find(
    { "instock.qty" => { '$gt' => 10, '$lte' => 20 } }
);
$cursor = $db->inventory->find(['instock.qty' => ['$gt' => 10, '$lte' => 20]]);
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock.qty": {"$gt": 10, "$lte": 20}})
client[:inventory].find('instock.qty' => { '$gt' => 10, '$lte' => 20 })
findObservable = collection.find(and(gt("instock.qty", 10), lte("instock.qty", 20)))

The following example queries for documents where the instock array has at least one embedded document that contains the field qty equal to 5 and at least one embedded document (but not necessarily the same embedded document) that contains the field warehouse equal to A:

db.inventory.find( { "instock.qty": 5, "instock.warehouse": "A" } )

Copy the following filter into the Compass query bar and click Find:

{ "instock.qty": 5, "instock.warehouse": "A" }
Query matching quantity and warehouse location
var builder = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter;
var filter = builder.And(builder.Eq("instock.qty", 5), builder.Eq("instock.warehouse", "A"));
var result = collection.Find(filter).ToList();
cursor, err := coll.Find(
	context.TODO(),
	bson.D{
		{"instock.qty", 5},
		{"instock.warehouse", "A"},
	})
findPublisher = collection.find(and(eq("instock.qty", 5), eq("instock.warehouse", "A")));
findIterable = collection.find(and(eq("instock.qty", 5), eq("instock.warehouse", "A")));
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock.qty": 5, "instock.warehouse": "A"})
const cursor = db.collection('inventory').find({
  'instock.qty': 5,
  'instock.warehouse': 'A'
});
$cursor = $db->coll("inventory")->find(
    { "instock.qty" => 5, "instock.warehouse" => "A" }
);
$cursor = $db->inventory->find(['instock.qty' => 5, 'instock.warehouse' => 'A']);
cursor = db.inventory.find({"instock.qty": 5, "instock.warehouse": "A"})
client[:inventory].find('instock.qty' => 5,
                        'instock.warehouse' => 'A')
findObservable = collection.find(and(equal("instock.qty", 5), equal("instock.warehouse", "A")))

Additional Query Tutorials

For additional query examples, see:

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