sort method ascending and descending in MongoDB - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to sort the documents by age in ascending order.

MongoDB

db.collection.find().sort({ age: [1] })

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A0

B-1

C1

Dasc

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -1 instead of 1 for ascending order.

Using 0 which does not sort.

Using 'asc' which is not valid in MongoDB.

In MongoDB, sorting in ascending order is done by using 1 as the value for the field in the sort method.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to sort the documents by score in descending order.

MongoDB

db.collection.find().sort({ score: [1] })

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A-1

B0

C1

Ddesc

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 1 instead of -1 for descending order.

Using 0 which does not sort.

Using 'desc' which is not valid in MongoDB.

Descending order in MongoDB sort is indicated by -1 for the field.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to sort by name in ascending order.

MongoDB

db.collection.find().sort({ name: [1] })

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A'asc'

B'ascending'

Ctrue

D1

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using strings instead of numbers for sort order.

Using boolean values which are invalid.

The sort method requires 1 for ascending order, not strings or booleans.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to sort by age ascending and score descending.

MongoDB

db.collection.find().sort({ age: [1], score: [2] })

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A1

B-1

C0

Dasc

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 0 which does not sort.

Using strings like 'asc' or 'desc' which are invalid.

Use 1 for ascending and -1 for descending in MongoDB sort method.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to sort by name descending, age ascending, and score descending.

MongoDB

db.collection.find().sort({ name: [1], age: [2], score: [3] })

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A1

B-1

C0

Dasc

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 0 which does not sort.

Using strings instead of numbers for sort order.

Descending order is -1, ascending is 1. Use these values for each field in the sort method.