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= sort() =
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[[MongoDB Driver Function Reference]]


Sorts the results.
More information can be found in the corresponding entry of the [[https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/method/db.cursor.sort/index.html|MongoDB Manual]].


[[[@cG

<cursor>.sort(<sort>)

]]]


**Arguments**

[[[@w

|@t0@r0@c0 <cursor> | | The target cursor. |
| <sort> | | A BSON document containing the sort fields. |

]]]


**Returns**

[[[@w

Returns a result set (cursor).

]]]


**Example**

[[[@cw

db.employees.find().sort({ age: 1, salary: -1 });

]]]

Orders all employees ascending by age, then descending by salary.





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