# How to interpret Graphviz Edge coordinates from xDOT or JSON

**URL:** <https://forum.graphviz.org/t/how-to-interpret-graphviz-edge-coordinates-from-xdot-or-json/879>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 12, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/how-to-interpret-graphviz-edge-coordinates-from-xdot-or-json/879 "2021-10-12T07:04:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![smattr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/graphviz/user_avatar/forum.graphviz.org/smattr/32/85_2.png) [@smattr](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/smattr)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/how-to-interpret-graphviz-edge-coordinates-from-xdot-or-json/879/9 "2021-10-14T04:27:04Z")

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My monthly PSA: the forum supports code blocks with Graphviz syntax highlighting:

````auto
```dot
digraph {
  like -> so[with="a label"];
}
```

````

which produces:

```auto
digraph {
  like -> so[with="a label"];
}

```

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