[From string (line 14) ]
                        
@startuml               
left to right direction 
                        
component "A" as a {    
}                       
component "B" as b {    
}                       
component "C" as c {    
}                       
                        
a->b                    
a->c                    
                        
rank same b,c           
^^^^^                   
 Syntax Error?