Plotting ID numbers instead of points on an r ggplot graph

Question

Hello I would like to basically exactly what this post does R- plot numbers instead of points but in ggplot.

I have a dataframe. I want to plot x and y. Easy. I also have a third column of ID's for all the points. I would like to plot these ID'S from this third column instead of regular points. The IDs are numbers from 1-300.

Please refer to [How to make a great R reproducible example](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example). — Nathan Werth, Aug 22 '17 at 20:36

Prradep · Answer 1 · 2017-08-22T19:54:52.183

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Try this:

dat <- data.frame(x=rnorm(300), y=rnorm(300), ID=1:300)

ggplot(dat, aes(x= x, y= y)) +geom_text(aes(label=ID))

There are overlapping points and so the IDs overlap on one or the other points.

edited Aug 22 '17 at 19:54

answered Aug 22 '17 at 19:36

Prradep

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What's wrong in the solution(It's attracting `downvotes`)? Drop a comment, it would help in improving the answer. – Prradep Aug 22 '17 at 19:38
@ChiPak If it was for the same reason as you mentioned, then they do not understand the code. – Prradep Aug 22 '17 at 19:56
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you never know when the Internet is concerned. People sometimes don't make sense – CPak Aug 22 '17 at 19:57
Yes, it won't encourage people to participate in answering the questions. – Prradep Aug 22 '17 at 20:12
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On some days, that's SO in a nutshell – CPak Aug 22 '17 at 20:18
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Just upvoted. This is a good solution that addresses OP's request. I don't see why it should attract downvotes either. – Z.Lin Aug 23 '17 at 04:55

Plotting ID numbers instead of points on an r ggplot graph

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