> This would be ideal, but min doesn't work with collections, only as an
> aggregation:

> start n=node(0)
> with [3,2,1,4,5] as coll
> return min(coll);
> -----------
> |min(coll)|
> -----------
> |1        |
> -----------

> I couldn't figure out a way to do it without conditional expressions--hoping
> for a clever solution using existing Cypher commands. Seems like you can
> almost do it with filter. Maybe a way to sort collections based on a
> property would be handy for this kind of thing.

> Thanks,
> Wes

> --

> Cheers,

> /peter neubauer

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> S:  peter.neubauer
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> Neo4j 1.8 GA -
> http://www.dzone.com/links/neo4j_18_release_fluent_graph_literacy.html

> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Wes Freeman <freeman....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone have a way to find the minimum value in a collection in
> Cypher?

> > This would be ideal, but min doesn't work with collections, only as an
> > aggregation:

> > start n=node(0)
> > with [3,2,1,4,5] as coll
> > return min(coll);
> > -----------
> > |min(coll)|
> > -----------
> > |1        |
> > -----------

> > I couldn't figure out a way to do it without conditional
> expressions--hoping
> > for a clever solution using existing Cypher commands. Seems like you can
> > almost do it with filter. Maybe a way to sort collections based on a
> > property would be handy for this kind of thing.

> > Thanks,
> > Wes

> > --

> --

> Wes

> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Peter Neubauer
> <peter.neuba...@neotechnology.com> wrote:

>> Mmh,
>> would this be doable with your REDUCE somehow, using a MIN in there?

>> Cheers,

>> /peter neubauer

>> G:  neubauer.peter
>> S:  peter.neubauer
>> P:  +46 704 106975
>> L:   http://www.linkedin.com/in/neubauer
>> T:   @peterneubauer

>> Neo4j 1.8 GA -
>> http://www.dzone.com/links/neo4j_18_release_fluent_graph_literacy.html

>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Wes Freeman <freeman....@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Does anyone have a way to find the minimum value in a collection in
>> > Cypher?

>> > This would be ideal, but min doesn't work with collections, only as an
>> > aggregation:

>> > start n=node(0)
>> > with [3,2,1,4,5] as coll
>> > return min(coll);
>> > -----------
>> > |min(coll)|
>> > -----------
>> > |1        |
>> > -----------

>> > I couldn't figure out a way to do it without conditional
>> > expressions--hoping
>> > for a clever solution using existing Cypher commands. Seems like you can
>> > almost do it with filter. Maybe a way to sort collections based on a
>> > property would be handy for this kind of thing.

>> > Thanks,
>> > Wes

>> > --

>> --

> --

> start n=node(0)
> with [3,2,1,4,5] as coll
> return coll order by elements(coll) asc;

> or so?

> Cheers,

> /peter neubauer

> G:  neubauer.peter
> S:  peter.neubauer
> P:  +46 704 106975
> L:   http://www.linkedin.com/in/neubauer
> T:   @peterneubauer

> Neo4j 1.8 GA - http://www.dzone.com/links/neo4j_18_release_fluent_graph_literacy.html

> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Wes Freeman <freeman....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Maybe, but I couldn't come up with a way of doing it without conditional
>> expressions inside the reduce.

>> Wes

>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Peter Neubauer
>> <peter.neuba...@neotechnology.com> wrote:

>>> Mmh,
>>> would this be doable with your REDUCE somehow, using a MIN in there?

>>> Cheers,

>>> /peter neubauer

>>> G:  neubauer.peter
>>> S:  peter.neubauer
>>> P:  +46 704 106975
>>> L:   http://www.linkedin.com/in/neubauer
>>> T:   @peterneubauer

>>> Neo4j 1.8 GA -
>>> http://www.dzone.com/links/neo4j_18_release_fluent_graph_literacy.html

>>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Wes Freeman <freeman....@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Does anyone have a way to find the minimum value in a collection in
>>>> Cypher?

>>>> This would be ideal, but min doesn't work with collections, only as an
>>>> aggregation:

>>>> start n=node(0)
>>>> with [3,2,1,4,5] as coll
>>>> return min(coll);
>>>> -----------
>>>> |min(coll)|
>>>> -----------
>>>> |1        |
>>>> -----------

>>>> I couldn't figure out a way to do it without conditional
>>>> expressions--hoping
>>>> for a clever solution using existing Cypher commands. Seems like you can
>>>> almost do it with filter. Maybe a way to sort collections based on a
>>>> property would be handy for this kind of thing.

>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Wes

>>>> --

>>> --

>> --

> --