Actors 4 Hops Away

Variable length traversal

Update this query to return the unique names of actors that are 4 hops away from Robert Blake using the ACTED_IN relationship.

cypher

MATCH (p:Person {name: 'Robert Blake'})-[??????]-(others:Person)
RETURN ?????? others.name

How many actor names are returned in the result?

Hint

Use the :ACTED_IN*4 specification for the relationship.

You can use DISTINCT to filter out duplicate results.

Solution

The answer is 253.

Run the following query to see the result:

cypher

MATCH (p:Person {name: 'Robert Blake'})-[:ACTED_IN*4]-(others:Person)
RETURN  DISTINCT others.name

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