PlantUML: Force arrow direction to left, right, up, down in state diagram

Using up, down, left and right keywords we can force the arrow direction between states.

 

arrowDirection.txt

@startuml

[*] --> state1
state1 -right-> state2
state2 -down-> state3
state3 -left-> state4
state4 -up-> state5
state5 -up-> [*]

@enduml

 

Above snippet generate below diagram.

 

 

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