Conversion Functions

Sometimes type information gets lost, these functions help you to coerce an "Any" value to the concrete type

apoc.convert.toString(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a string

apoc.convert.toMap(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a map

apoc.convert.toList(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a list

apoc.convert.toBoolean(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a boolean

apoc.convert.toNode(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a node

apoc.convert.toRelationship(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a relationship

apoc.convert.toSet(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a set

apoc.convert.toFloat(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a floating point value

apoc.convert.toInteger(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a integer value

apoc.convert.toIntList(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a list of integers

apoc.convert.toStringList(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a list of strings

apoc.convert.toBooleanList(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a list of booleans

apoc.convert.toNodeList(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a list of nodes

apoc.convert.toRelationshipList(value)

tries its best to convert the value to a list of relationships

Convert numeric value to string

RETURN apoc.convert.toString(1) AS output

Table 1. Results
Output
"1"

Convert map to string

RETURN apoc.convert.toString({key: "value"}) AS output

Table 2. Results
Output
"{key=value}"

Convert number 1 to boolean

RETURN apoc.convert.toBoolean(1) AS output

Table 3. Results
Output
true

Convert number 0 to boolean

RETURN apoc.convert.toBoolean(0) AS output

Table 4. Results
Output
false

Convert list to set

RETURN apoc.convert.toSet([1,2,3,2]) AS output

Table 5. Results
Output
[1, 2, 3]

Convert list of strings to list of integers

return apoc.convert.toIntList(["1", "2", "3"]) AS output

Table 6. Results
Output
[1, 2, 3]

Convert list of values to list of strings

return apoc.convert.toStringList([1, "2", 3, "Four"]) AS output

Table 7. Results
Output
["1", "2", "3", "Four"]