digraph example9b { rankdir="LR"; node [texmode="math",shape="circle",style="state"]; q0 [style="state,initial",label="0"]; q5 [style="state",label="5"]; q3 [style="state",label="3"]; q9 [style="state,final",label="9"]; edge [texmode="math",lblstyle="auto"]; q0 -> q3 [label="a"]; q0 -> q5 [label="b"]; { rank="same"; q3; q5; } q3 -> q3 [label="a",topath="loop above"]; q5 -> q5 [label="b",topath="loop below"]; q3 -> q5 [label="b",lblstyle="auto,swap,near end"]; q5 -> q3 [label="a",lblstyle="auto,swap,pos=-0.2"]; q0 -> q9 [label="b"]; q3 -> q9 [label="b"]; q5 -> q9 [label="b"]; }