apoc.coll.sortNodes

Details
Syntax	`apoc.coll.sortNodes(coll, prop)`
Description	Sorts the given `LIST<NODE>` by the property of the nodes into descending order.
Arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`coll`	`LIST<NODE>`	The list of nodes to be sorted.
	`prop`	`STRING`	The property key on the node to be used to sort the list by.
Returns	`LIST<ANY>`

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;

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;

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