Flash cards
Review the key moves
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Core idea
What is the main idea behind Python MongoDB Sort?
Lesson checks
Practice each idea before moving on
Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.
1Quick choice
Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?
2Fill blank
Complete the missing token from the example code.
___ pymongo3Order
Put the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.
Use the value -1 as the second parameter to sort descending.
The sort() method takes one parameter for "fieldname" and one parameter for "direction" (ascending is the default direction).
Use the sort() method to sort the result in ascending or descending order.
Sort the Result
Use the sort() method to sort the result in ascending or descending order.
The sort() method takes one parameter for "fieldname" and one parameter for "direction" (ascending is the default direction).
Sort the result alphabetically by name
import pymongo
myclient = pymongo.MongoClient("mongodb://localhost:27017/")
mydb = myclient["mydatabase"]
mycol = mydb["customers"]
mydoc = mycol.find().sort("name")
for x in mydoc:
print(x)Sort Descending
Use the value -1 as the second parameter to sort descending.
sort("name", 1) #ascending sort("name", -1) #descending
Example
Sort the result reverse alphabetically by name:
import pymongo
myclient = pymongo.MongoClient("mongodb://localhost:27017/")
mydb = myclient["mydatabase"]
mycol = mydb["customers"]
mydoc = mycol.find().sort("name", -1)
for x in mydoc:
print(x)