see also: Graph queries in XL
In the following a set queries is listed and the results of them applied on the graph in the image. This graph is created by the turtle query: A[F A][R F A] F A ;
| Query | Result | Description |
| Basic | ||
| A or a:A | {a1,a2,a3,a4} | addresses all instances of module A |
| a:A,a.len==1 or A(1) | all A with len==1 | unary predicates |
| Node based path pattern | ||
| (* A F *) A | {a3} | direct combination of nodes |
| (* F *) A | {a2,a3,a4} | other example |
| Edge based path pattern | ||
| ANY_EDGE | ||
| (* A --> *) F | {f1,f2} | next node |
| A (*<-- F*) | {a2,a3,a4} | prev node |
| (* F -- *) A | {a1,a2,a3,a4} | undirected |
| SUCCESSOR_EDGE | ||
| (* A > *) F | {f2} | next node |
| A (* < F *) | {a2,a3,a4} | prev node |
| (* F --- *) A | {a1,a2,a3,a4} | undirected |
| BRANCH_EDGE | ||
| (*A +>*) F | {f1} | next node |
| A (* <+ F *) | {} | prev node |
| (*F -+- *) A | {a1} | undirected |
| Single Match, Late Match and Optional Patterns | ||
| A (: --> F) | {f1} | find first pattern |
| A (& --> F) | {f1} | find last pattern |
| A (? +> F) | {Null} | changes nothing to NULL |
| Transitive closures | ||
| (* A > > *) A | {a3} | Path described by single edges |
| (* A +> > *) A | {a2} | other example |
| (* A (-->)* *) A | {a1,a2,a3,a4} | (0-to-n edges possible) |
| (* A (-->)+ *) A | {a2,a3,a4} | (1-to-n edges possible) |
| (* A (-->)? *) F | {f1,f2} | (0-to-1 edges possible) |
| (* A (-->){2} *)F | {f2} | 2 edges |
| (* A (-->){1,2} *) A | {a2,a3} | min 1 max 2 edges |
| Combined | ||
| f:F, A +> f, A < f | {f1} | patterns combined by comma |