It is possible to associate a query variable declared implicitly with an identifier. This, enables the manual usage of that query variable, like any other final variable in the scope. The most common approach is: n:Node, where n is the query variable.

When a Node variable is assigned to an identifier.

n1:Node  n2:Node n 
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It is also possible to assign a identifier from the ''default'' Node type of the current graph, with the ''.'' (dot):  (n represent any Node)
 
<code java>
 n:. 

When the argument of a Node is assigned to an identifier:

<code java> Sphere® <code>

r is the query variable assigned to the first argument in the node pattern of the sphere. It is also possible to “skip” some of the arguments by either: a dot, or by omitting them:

<code java> N(,.,.,a,b,,) <code>

In the example above a and b are assigned to the 4th and 5th arguments of the node pattern of N.