# \$1sort
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The `$sort` update modifier orders array elements when used with the `$push` operator. It arranges array elements in ascending or descending order based on specified field values or the elements themselves.

**Parameters**
+ `field`: The array field to modify.
+ `order`: Use `1` for ascending order or `-1` for descending order.

## Example (MongoDB Shell)
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The following example demonstrates using the `$sort` modifier with `$push` to add new quiz scores and keep them sorted in descending order.

**Create sample documents**

```
db.students.insertOne({
  _id: 1,
  name: "Bob",
  quizzes: [
    { score: 85, date: "2024-01-15" },
    { score: 92, date: "2024-02-10" }
  ]
});
```

**Query example**

```
db.students.updateOne(
  { _id: 1 },
  {
    $push: {
      quizzes: {
        $each: [{ score: 78, date: "2024-03-05" }],
        $sort: { score: -1 }
      }
    }
  }
)
```

**Output**

```
{
  "_id" : 1,
  "name" : "Bob",
  "quizzes" : [
    { "score" : 92, "date" : "2024-02-10" },
    { "score" : 85, "date" : "2024-01-15" },
    { "score" : 78, "date" : "2024-03-05" }
  ]
}
```

## Code examples
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To view a code example for using the `$sort` update modifier, choose the tab for the language that you want to use:

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#### [ Node.js ]

```
const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');

async function updateDocument() {
  const client = await MongoClient.connect('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false');
  const db = client.db('test');
  const collection = db.collection('students');

  await collection.updateOne(
    { _id: 1 },
    {
      $push: {
        quizzes: {
          $each: [{ score: 78, date: "2024-03-05" }],
          $sort: { score: -1 }
        }
      }
    }
  );

  const updatedDocument = await collection.findOne({ _id: 1 });
  console.log(updatedDocument);

  await client.close();
}

updateDocument();
```

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#### [ Python ]

```
from pymongo import MongoClient

def update_document():
    client = MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
    db = client.test
    collection = db.students

    collection.update_one(
        {'_id': 1},
        {
            '$push': {
                'quizzes': {
                    '$each': [{'score': 78, 'date': '2024-03-05'}],
                    '$sort': {'score': -1}
                }
            }
        }
    )

    updated_document = collection.find_one({'_id': 1})
    print(updated_document)

    client.close()

update_document()
```

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