apoc.coll.sortNodes
Function APOC Core
apoc.coll.sortNodes([nodes], 'name') sort nodes by property
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;
Output |
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[(: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;
Output |
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[(:Person {name: "Keanu Reeves", born: 1964}), (:Person {name: "Tom Hanks", born: 1956}), (:Person {name: "Tom Tykwer", born: 1965})] |