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Creating the basic barplot with overlapping labels

Avoid overlapping labels

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# Create sample data
set.seed(5642)                            
sample_data <- data.frame(name = c("w3wiki1",
                                   "w3wiki2",
                                   "w3wiki3",
                                   "w3wiki4",
                                   "Geeeksforgeeks5") ,
                          value = c(31,12,15,28,45))
# Load ggplot2 package
library("ggplot2")
 
# Create bar plot
plot<-ggplot(sample_data, aes(name,value, fill=name)) +
geom_bar(stat = "identity")
plot
 






                        









													
													
												

												
												

													
													
 

													
													
												

												
												

													
													
 

													
													
												

												
												

													
													
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How to Avoid Overlapping Labels in ggplot2 in R?

												
												

													
													
In this article, we are going to see how to avoid overlapping labels in ggplot2 in R Programming Language.

													
													
												

												
												

													
													
To avoid overlapping labels in ggplot2, we use guide_axis() within scale_x_discrete().

													
													
												

												
												

													
													


Syntax: plot+scale_x_discrete(guide = guide_axis(<type>))


In the place of we can use the following properties:


    

  • n.dodge: It makes overlapping labels shift a step-down.
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  • check.overlap: This removes the overlapping labels and displays only those which do not overlap
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# Create sample data
set.seed(5642)                             
sample_data <- data.frame(name = c("Geeksforgeeks1",
                                   "Geeksforgeeks2",
                                   "Geeksforgeeks3",
                                   "Geeksforgeeks4",
                                   "Geeeksforgeeks5") ,
                          value = c(31,12,15,28,45)) 
# Load ggplot2 package
library("ggplot2") 
 
# Create bar plot
plot<-ggplot(sample_data, aes(name,value, fill=name)) +
geom_bar(stat = "identity")
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