MongoDB using $regex in group aggregation

Question

I have a sample data like this :

db.contact.insert(
    [
      { _id: 1, name: 'John legend',age: 35},
      { _id: 2, name: 'michael Ava',age: 40},
      { _id: 3, name: 'Tom holand',age: 20},
      { _id: 4, name: 'Frido pex',age: 25},
      { _id: 5, name: 'Daniel Gunava',age: 30},
      { _id: 6, name: 'Mert Brava',age: 30}
     ]

I want to group and count how many people with the name containing the word "ava" in the name and the other group not containing ava.

I know how to use both $regex and group in function like this

db.contact.find({name: {$regex: /ava/,$options: "i" }});

db.contact.aggregate([{$group: {_id: "$name",count: {$sum: 1},}}]);

how can I combine the 2 functions above. any help appreciated

I've tried this (it didn't work)

db.contact.aggregate([
  {
    $group: {
      _id: "$name",
      {$regex: /ava/,$options: "i" }
      count: {$sum: 1},
    }
  }
]);

Answer 1

The easiest way would be to group items by null, and create new fields that hold sum of the fields that pass the desired regex as below.

db. contact.aggregate({
  "$group": {
    "_id": null,
    "namesWithAva": {
      "$sum": {
        "$cond": [
          { "$regexMatch": { "input": "$name", "regex": /ava/i } },
          1,
          0
        ]
      }
    },
    "namesWithoutAva": {
      "$sum": {
        "$cond": [{ "$not": { "$regexMatch": { "input": "$name", "regex": /ava/i } } }, 1, 0]
      }
    }
  }
})

Answer 2

You can use $facet for 2 different cases. Just put your attempt into the $facet pipelines.

db.contacts.aggregate([
  {
    "$facet": {
      "contains": [
        {
          "$match": {
            name: {
              $regex: "ava",
              $options: "i"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "$group": {
            _id: "$name",
            count: {
              $sum: 1
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      notContains: [
        {
          "$match": {
            $expr: {
              $eq: [
                null,
                {
                  "$regexFind": {
                    "input": "$name",
                    "regex": "ava",
                    "options": "i"
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "$group": {
            _id: "$name",
            count: {
              $sum: 1
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
])

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