How to add greek letters to a label in geom_text() label in ggplot2

Question

I am trying to label the tiles in geom_tile with the Greek symbol, kappa, as follows

kappa = value

I've tried using expression() and bquote() but cannot find a way to make it work

df = data.frame(x = letters[1:10],y = letters[11:20], value = 1:10)

p = ggplot(df, aes(x = x, y = y)) +
  geom_tile()+geom_text(aes(label= paste("k = ",value,"")), color = "white")

p

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  [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/5bDLv.png

You could try using the Unicode escape `paste("\u03f0 =", value)` — Allan Cameron, Apr 02 '20 at 22:05
Thanks alot!! The code for kappa is u03ba, but it worked a treat!! — L.D., Apr 02 '20 at 23:34

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 02 '20 at 22:59

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use parse = TRUE

also learn more about mathematical expressions used in plot by following this: ?plotmath

ggplot(df, aes(x = x, y = y)) +
  geom_tile() +
  geom_text(mapping = aes(label = paste('kappa', "==", value)), parse = TRUE, color = "white")

answered Apr 02 '20 at 22:59

Sathish

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How to add greek letters to a label in geom_text() label in ggplot2

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