Neo4j: NOT operator

The NOT operator extract items if the condition(s) is NOT TRUE.

 

For example, below query return all the persons whose city is not Bangalore and designation is not Employee

MATCH(n:Person) WHERE NOT (n.city="Bangalore" OR n.designation="Employee") RETURN n

 

Let’s see the same with an example.

 

Step 1: Open neo4j browser by hitting following url in browser.

http://localhost:7474/browser/

 

 

Step 2: Insert data by executing below query.

CREATE (p1:Person{name: "Rama Krishna", age: 32, city: "Bangalore", male: true, designation: "CEO"}),
(p2:Person{name: "Murali", age: 32, city: "Hyderabad", male: true, designation: "Vice President"}),
(p3:Person{name: "Gopi", age: 34, city: "Chennai", male: true, designation: "Vice President"}),
(p4:Person{name: "Kiran", age: 28, city: "Bangalore", male: true, designation: "Director"}),
(p5:Person{name: "Siva", age: 45, city: "Hyderabad", male: true, designation: "Director"}),
(p6:Person{name: "Kiran", age: 36, city: "Hyderabad", male: true, designation: "Manager"}),
(p7:Person{name: "Ritweek", age: 23, city: "Bangalore", male: true, designation: "Manager"}),
(p8:Person{name: "Sudheer", age: 24, city: "Chennai", male: true, designation: "Manager"}),
(p9:Person{name: "Naveen", age: 37, city: "Bangalore", male: true, designation: "Employee"}),
(p10:Person{name: "Sailaja", age: 31, city: "Hyderabad", female: true, designation: "Employee"}),
(p11:Person{name: "Harika", age: 36, city: "Bangalore", female: true, designation: "Employee"}),
(p12:Person{name: "Brahmam", age: 41, city: "Bangalore", male: true, designation: "Employee"}),
(office1:Location{name: "Pluto", city: "Bangalore"}),
(office2:Location{name: "Mars", city: "Chennai"})
MERGE (p2)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 2014, description: "reports to"}]->(p1)
MERGE (p3)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 2016, description: "reports to"}]->(p1)
MERGE (p4)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 1997, description: "reports to"}]->(p2)
MERGE (p5)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 1997, description: "reports to"}]->(p3)
MERGE (p6)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 2001, description: "reports to"}]->(p4)
MERGE (p7)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 2009, description: "reports to"}]->(p4)
MERGE (p8)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 1998, description: "reports to"}]->(p5)
MERGE (p9)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 2003, description: "reports to"}]->(p6)
MERGE (p10)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 2004, description: "reports to"}]->(p6)
MERGE (p11)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 2008, description: "reports to"}]->(p7)
MERGE (p12)-[:REPORT_TO{from: 2019, description: "reports to"}]->(p8)
MERGE (p2)-[:FRIEND_TO{from: 2014, description: "friend to"}]->(p1)
MERGE (p10)-[:FRIEND_TO{from: 2014, description: "friend to"}]->(p8)
MERGE (p7)-[:FRIEND_TO{from: 2014, description: "friend to"}]->(p9)
MERGE (p3)-[:RELATIVE_TO{from: 2014, description: "relative to"}]->(p4)
RETURN p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9, p10, p11, p12, office1, office2

 

Get all the persons whose city is not Bangalore and designation is not Employee

MATCH(n:Person) WHERE NOT (n.city="Bangalore" OR n.designation="Employee") RETURN n

 

Get all the persons whose age is not 32, 45, 38.

MATCH(n:Person) WHERE n.age NOT IN [32, 45, 38]

RETURN n

 

 

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