$setDifference operator in mongodb

It’s accept only two argument expression and returns the set of element who appears in first not in second

1. $setDifference takes only two  input expression
2. $setDifference treats like sets to arrays
3. $setDifference ignores the duplicates
4. $setDifference ignores the order of elements
5. $setDifference filters duplicates elements
6. $setDifference treats as element to nested array

Syntax:

{ $setDifference: [ <expression1>, <expression2>] }

Example: Create a Collection as following

{_id:1,like:["Dilip","Ashish","Mamta"],comment:["Dilip","Ashish"]} {_id:2,like:["Dilip","Ashish","Raj"],comment:["Dilip","Dilip","Ashish"]} {_id:3,like:["Dilip","Ashish"],comment:["Dilip","Mamta","Ashish"]} {_id:4,like:["Mahesh","Vipul"],comment:["Dilip","Ashish"]} {_id:7,like:["Akash"],comment:[["Ravi"]]}

Run Following setDifference query

db.LikeAndComment.aggregate(    [      { $project: { like: 1, comment: 1, eleDiff: { $setDifference: [ "$like", "$comment" ] }, _id: 0 } }    ] )

Result:

{ "like" : [ "Dilip", "Ashish", "Mamta" ], "comment" : [ "Dilip", "Ashish" ], "eleDiff" : [ "Mamta" ] } { "like" : [ "Dilip", "Ashish", "Raj" ], "comment" : [ "Dilip", "Dilip", "Ashish" ], "eleDiff" : [ "Raj" ] } { "like" : [ "Dilip", "Ashish" ], "comment" : [ "Dilip", "Mamta", "Ashish" ], "eleDiff" : [] } { "like" : [ "Mahesh", "Vipul" ], "comment" : [ "Dilip", "Ashish" ], "eleDiff" : [ "Mahesh", "Vipul" ] } { "like" : [ "Akash" ], "comment" : [ [ "Ravi" ] ], "eleDiff" : [ "Akash" ] }