ggplot2 Bar Graph remove unnecessary distance between axis label and 0 count on y axis

Question

I have a simple bar graph which x is the levels of a category variable 1 - 9, and z is the count of each level. But there is a distance at the bottom (marked in red), which I want to remove. I wasn't able to find helpful tips online. Could anyone help me with it? Thank you in advance!

ggplot(data = my_data,aes(x = factor(degree)), stat = "count") + geom_bar()

Bar Graph

@PoGibasJust wanted to post the same duplicate :) But aosmith got a better one — tjebo, Sep 13 '18 at 16:59
@PoGibas Thanks for the duplicate. I knew it was out there somewhere, but I couldn't find it — divibisan, Sep 13 '18 at 16:59
Sorry I didn't use the right keyword. expand = c(0,0) works great! I also added limits = c(0,1700) to avoid cutoff. Thanks! — Da Daidai, Sep 13 '18 at 17:21

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '18 at 16:58

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The expand= argument in the scale_* function controls the extra space around the edges of a plot.

ggplot(data = mtcars,aes(x = factor(cyl)), stat = "count") +
    geom_bar() +
    scale_y_discrete()

ggplot(data = mtcars,aes(x = factor(cyl)), stat = "count") +
    geom_bar() +
    scale_y_discrete(expand = c(0,0))

answered Sep 13 '18 at 16:58

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Also see the new `expand_scale()` function, which is useful when you only want to remove the extra space at the bottom of the bars and not the top. – aosmith Sep 13 '18 at 17:04

ggplot2 Bar Graph remove unnecessary distance between axis label and 0 count on y axis

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