Allow for parameters in SHORTEST

Author: gem-neo4j

modules/ROOT/pages/deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc

@@ -16,6 +16,35 @@ New features are added to the language continuously, and occasionally, some feat
 This section lists all of the features that have been removed, deprecated, added, or extended in different Cypher versions.
 Replacement syntax for deprecated and removed features are also indicated.
 
+[[cypher-deprecations-additions-removals-2025.01]]
+== Neo4j 2025.01
+
+[cols="2", options="header"]
+|===
+| Feature
+| Details
+
+a|
+label:functionality[]
+label:updated[]
+[source, cypher, role=noheader]
+----
+MATCH SHORTEST $param (:A)-[:R]->{0,10}(:B)
+----
+
+[source, cypher, role=noheader]
+----
+MATCH p = ANY $param (:A)-[:R]->{0,10}(:B)
+----
+
+[source, cypher, role=noheader]
+----
+MATCH SHORTEST $param GROUPS (:A)-[:R]->{0,10}(:B)
+----
+
+a| Introduced the allowance of parameters to the xref:patterns/shortest-paths.adoc[SHORTEST and ANY path patterns].
+|===
+
 [[cypher-deprecations-additions-removals-5.26]]
 == Neo4j 5.26
 

modules/ROOT/pages/patterns/reference.adoc

@@ -1165,10 +1165,10 @@ anyPathSearch ::= "ANY" [ numberOfPaths ] [ pathOrPaths ]
 pathOrPaths ::= { "PATH" | "PATHS" }
 
 
-numberOfPaths ::= unsignedDecimalInteger
+numberOfPaths ::= unsignedDecimalInteger | parameter
 
 
-numberOfGroups ::= unsignedDecimalInteger
+numberOfGroups ::= unsignedDecimalInteger | parameter
 ----
 
 [NOTE]

modules/ROOT/pages/patterns/shortest-paths.adoc

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Use Cypher if:
 
 * You need to specify complex graph navigation via xref:patterns/variable-length-patterns.adoc#quantified-path-patterns[quantified path patterns].
 * Creating a link:https://neo4j.com/docs/graph-data-science/current/management-ops/graph-creation/graph-project/[graph projection] takes too long.
-*  GDS is not available in your instance, or the size of the GDS projection is too large for your instance.
+* GDS is not available in your instance, or the size of the GDS projection is too large for your instance.
 
 Use GDS if:
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ CREATE (asc)-[:LINK {distance: 7.25}]->(cnm),
   (wof)-[:LINK {distance: 0.65}]->(wos)
 ----
 
-The paths matched by a xref:patterns/fixed-length-patterns.adoc#path-patterns[path pattern] can be restricted to only the shortest (by number of hops) by including the keyword `SHORTEST k`, where `k` is the number of paths to match.
+The paths matched by a xref:patterns/fixed-length-patterns.adoc#path-patterns[path pattern] can be restricted to only the shortest (by number of hops) by including the keyword `SHORTEST k`, where `k` is the number of paths to match, and can be either an `INTEGER` literal or a parameter which resolves to an `INTEGER`.
 For example, the following example uses `SHORTEST 1` to return the length of the shortest path between `Worcester Shrub Hill` and `Bromsgrove`:
 
 .Query