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Question on dynamodb scan syntax

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#1

what does \N in "{
“:dose” : {“N” : “25”} mean

aws dynamodb scan
–table-name Medicines
–filter-expression ‘Dosage = :dose’
–expression-attribute-values
“{
“:dose” : {“N” : “25”}
}”

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#2

Hello @Prem

N means an attribute type of Number. Hence, in the scan query, we are fetching all available medicines which have a dose of 25. N just means that we are scanning for the number 25.

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