Operators

The following table lists the operators supported by GQL.

Precedence	Operator	Description	Arity	Null behavior	Example
1	.	Gets a property of a node or edge, or a field of a record.	2	default	RETURN n.name
2	[]	Gets an element in a list by index.	1	default	RETURN n.hobbies[0]
3	*	Multiplication	2	default	RETURN n.salary * 2
3	/	Division	2	default	RETURN n.salary / 2
4	+	Addition	2	default	RETURN n.salary + 1000
4	-	Subtraction	2	default	RETURN n.salary - 500
5	<	Less-than comparison	2	default	WHERE n.age < 30 RETURN n
5	>	Greater-than comparison	2	default	WHERE n.age > 30 RETURN n
5	<=	Less-than-or-equal comparison	2	default	WHERE n.age <= 30 RETURN n
5	>=	Greater-than-or-equal comparison	2	default	WHERE n.age >= 30 RETURN n
5	=	Equality comparison	2	default	WHERE n.age = 30 RETURN n
5	<>	Inequality comparison	2	default	WHERE n.age <> 30 RETURN n
6	IN	Checks whether the operand is contained in a list.	2	general	WHERE n.age IN [25,30,35] RETURN n
6	LIKE	Pattern matching	2	default	WHERE n.name LIKE 'John%' RETURN n
7	IS NULL	Checks whether the operand is NULL.	1	general	WHERE n.email IS NULL RETURN n
7	IS NOT NULL	Checks whether the operand is not NULL.	1	general	WHERE n.email IS NOT NULL RETURN n
8	NOT	Logical NOT	1	default	WHERE NOT n.is_adult RETURN n
9	AND	Logical AND	2	default	WHERE n.is_adult AND n.age > 18 RETURN n
10	OR	Logical OR	2	default	WHERE n.is_adult OR n.age > 18 RETURN n
10	XOR	Logical XOR	2	default	WHERE n.is_adult XOR n.age > 18 RETURN n
lowest	=	Assignment	2	N/A	MATCH (n{id:10}) SET n.age = 31