apoc.coll.sortNodes

Function

apoc.coll.sortNodes(coll LIST<NODE>, prop STRING) - sorts the given LIST<NODE> by the property of the nodes into descending order.

Signature

apoc.coll.sortNodes(coll :: LIST<NODE>, prop :: STRING) :: LIST<ANY>

Input parameters

Name	Type	Default
coll	LIST<NODE>	null
prop	STRING	null

Name

Type

Default

coll

LIST<NODE>

null

prop

STRING

null

Usage examples

The examples in this section are based on the following sample graph:

CREATE (Keanu:Person {name:'Keanu Reeves', born:1964})
CREATE (TomH:Person {name:'Tom Hanks', born:1956})
CREATE (TomT:Person {name:'Tom Tykwer', born:1965});

The following sorts a collection of nodes by the name property in descending order:

MATCH (person:Person)
WITH collect(person) AS people
RETURN apoc.coll.sortNodes(people, 'name') AS output;

Table 1. Results
Output
[(:Person {name: "Tom Tykwer", born: 1965}), (:Person {name: "Tom Hanks", born: 1956}), (:Person {name: "Keanu Reeves", born: 1964})]

The following sorts a collection of nodes by the name property in ascending order:

MATCH (person:Person)
WITH collect(person) AS people
RETURN apoc.coll.sortNodes(people, '^name') AS output;

Table 2. Results
Output
[(:Person {name: "Keanu Reeves", born: 1964}), (:Person {name: "Tom Hanks", born: 1956}), (:Person {name: "Tom Tykwer", born: 1965})]