r - Label points in geom_point

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The data I'm playing with comes from
the internet source listed
below

nba <-
            read.csv("http://datasets.flowingdata.com/ppg2008.csv",
            sep=",")

What I want
to do, is create a 2D points graph comparing two metrics from this table, with each
player representing a dot on the graph. I have the following code:

nbaplot <-
            ggplot(nba, aes(x= MIN, y= PTS, colour="green", label=Name)) + 
 geom_point()
            

This gives me the
following:

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What I want is a label of player's
name right next to the dots. I thought the label function in ggplot's aesthetics would
do this for me, but it didn't.

I
also tried text() function and the
textxy() function from
library(calibrate), neither of which appears to work with
ggplot.

How can I add name labels to these
points?

Answer

Use geom_text , with
aes label. You can play with hjust,
vjust to adjust text
position.

ggplot(nba, aes(x= MIN,
            y= PTS, colour="green", label=Name))+
 geom_point()
            +geom_text(aes(label=Name),hjust=0,
            vjust=0)

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EDIT: Label only values above a
certain threshold:

 ggplot(nba,
            aes(x= MIN, y= PTS, colour="green", label=Name))+
 geom_point() +

            geom_text(aes(label=ifelse(PTS>24,as.character(Name),'')),hjust=0,vjust=0)

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