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Cypher Fundamentals

Reading Data from Neo4j

Writing Data to Neo4j

Retrieving Nodes

Now for a challenge, use what you have learnt to answer the following question.

When was Kevin Bacon born?

Complete the Cypher query to find the year that Kevin Bacon was born. This value is stored in the born property.

Replace the ????? with the correct Cypher to find the year Kevin Bacon was born.

cypher
MATCH (p:Person {name: "?????"})
RETURN p.?????

Select the correct year:

  • ❏ 1954

  • ✓ 1958

  • ❏ 1962

  • ❏ 1966

Hint

You need to filter the (:Person) node with the name property of Kevin Bacon. The property you are looking for is the born property of the (:Person) node.

Solution

To find the answer, run the following query:

cypher
MATCH (p:Person {name: "Kevin Bacon"})
RETURN p.born

This query will return 1958, the born property of the (:Person) node with the name property of Kevin Bacon.

Summary

In this challenge, you demonstrated your skills to retrieve and filter nodes.

In the next lesson, you will learn how to traverse patterns in the graph with your queries.