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<code>sort()</code> is a cursor method that orders the results of a query.<br/>
The aggregation framework provides the <code>$sort</code> operator, and <code>mapReduce</code> takes sort as a parameter that is applied to the input documents.<br/><br/>
The syntax for <code>sort()</code> is <code>sort({<field>:<value>, <field>:<value>, ...})</code> where '''1''' indicates ascending and '''-1''' indicates descending.<br/>
The order in which fields are specified dictates which fields are sorted first.<br/><br/>
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<div class="q nonum" data-lang="mongo">Sort all the documents in world by continent descending, then name ascending. Show only name and continent.
<pre class="def"><nowiki>db.world.find({}, {name: 1, continent: 1 ,_id: 0}).sort({"continent": -1, "name": 1});</nowiki></pre>
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