aggregation: need an expression to give the size of an array in projections

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    • Type: New Feature
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Major - P3
    • 2.5.3
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Component/s: Aggregation Framework
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      Some analytics queries can't be done by the aggregation framework only for the lack of an array size operator:

      var a1 = db.runCommand({ aggregate:"track", pipeline:[
    {$group: {
        _id: "$urllower",
        visits: {$sum: "$visits"},
        kw: {$addToSet: "$kw"}
    },
     {$project: {
         urllower: "$_id",
         visits: 1,
         keywords: {$size: "$kw"}
     }
]});

      The request here is for the $size operator at the end of the projection, which would give the size of the keyword array being built up here.

      I choose $size for the name because we already use that for the same meaning here:
      http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Advanced+Queries#AdvancedQueries-%24size .

            Assignee:
            Matt Dannenberg (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            Daniel Pasette (Inactive)
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