I've seen some other examples (especially using geom_col() and stat_bin()) to add frequency or count numbers on top of bars. I'm trying to get this to work with geom_histogram() where I have a discrete (string), not continuous, x variable.
library(tidyverse)
d <- cars |>
mutate( discrete_var = factor(speed))
ggplot(d, aes(x = discrete_var)) +
geom_histogram(stat = "count") +
stat_bin(binwidth=1, geom='text', color='white', aes(label=..count..),
position=position_stack(vjust = 0.5)) +
Gives me an error because StatBin requires a continuous x variable. Any quick fix ideas?
The error message gives you the answer: ! StatBin requires a continuous x variable: the x variable is discrete. Perhaps you want stat="count"?
So instead of stat_bin()
use stat_count()
And for further reference here is a reproducible example:
library(tidyverse)
d <- cars |>
mutate( discrete_var = factor(speed))
ggplot(data = d,
aes(x = discrete_var)) +
geom_histogram(stat = "count") +
stat_count(binwidth = 1,
geom = 'text',
color = 'white',
aes(label = after_stat(count)),
position = position_stack(vjust = 0.5))
EDIT: As per Fkiran comment, in ggplot2 3.4.0 forwards use after_stat(count)
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