R Change position of text in geom_bar()

Question

I want to create a bar-plot with geom_text(). Above every bar should be the count of the variable. But in this case the position of the text is in the middle of the barplot. Can someone help me to solve this problem?

new.data <- diamonds[ which( diamonds$clarity =="VS1" | diamonds$clarity =="VS2") , ]

ggplot(data=new.data, aes(x=clarity, fill=cut)) +
  geom_bar(position = "dodge",stat = "count") +
  geom_text(stat='count', aes(label=..count..), vjust=-1)

Possible duplicate https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6017460/position-geom-text-on-dodged-barplot — DS_UNI, Jun 07 '19 at 11:04

mischva11 · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-07T11:08:39.927

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add the position argument like mentioned in the similar question here

new.data <- diamonds[ which( diamonds$clarity =="VS1" | diamonds$clarity =="VS2") , ]

ggplot(data=new.data, aes(x=clarity, fill=cut)) +
  geom_bar(position = "dodge",stat = "count") +
  geom_text(stat='count', aes(label=..count..), vjust=-1,
            position = position_dodge(width = 0.9))

output:

like mentioned by TobKel in the commentary, it is possible to variate with the width.

edited Jun 07 '19 at 11:08

answered Jun 07 '19 at 11:04

mischva11

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Yes this works. Buts it looks better with position_dodge(width = 0.9) – TobKel Jun 07 '19 at 11:07

R Change position of text in geom_bar()

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