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      <img src="../logo.svg" class="logo" alt=""><h1>Nudge labels a fixed distance from points</h1>
      <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/slowkow/ggrepel/blob/HEAD/R/position-nudge-repel.R" class="external-link"><code>R/position-nudge-repel.R</code></a></small>
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    <p><code>position_nudge_repel</code> is useful for adjusting the starting
position of text labels before they are repelled from data points.</p>
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    <h2 id="ref-usage">Usage<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-usage"></a></h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">position_nudge_repel</span><span class="op">(</span>x <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0</span>, y <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
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    <h2 id="arguments">Arguments<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arguments"></a></h2>
    <dl><dt>x, y</dt>
<dd><p>Amount of horizontal and vertical distance to move. Same units
as the data on the x and y axes.</p></dd>

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    <h2 id="ref-examples">Examples<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-examples"></a></h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">df</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/data.frame.html" class="external-link">data.frame</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  x <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">1</span>,<span class="fl">3</span>,<span class="fl">2</span>,<span class="fl">5</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  y <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"a"</span>,<span class="st">"c"</span>,<span class="st">"d"</span>,<span class="st">"c"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/ggplot.html" class="external-link">ggplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">df</span>, <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/geom_point.html" class="external-link">geom_point</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="geom_text_repel.html">geom_text_repel</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span>label <span class="op">=</span> <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-plt img"><img src="position_nudge_repel-1.png" alt="" width="700" height="433"></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/ggplot.html" class="external-link">ggplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">df</span>, <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/geom_point.html" class="external-link">geom_point</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="geom_text_repel.html">geom_text_repel</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span>label <span class="op">=</span> <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    min.segment.length <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    position <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu">position_nudge_repel</span><span class="op">(</span>x <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0.1</span>, y <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0.15</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-plt img"><img src="position_nudge_repel-2.png" alt="" width="700" height="433"></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># The values for x and y can be vectors</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/ggplot.html" class="external-link">ggplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">df</span>, <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/geom_point.html" class="external-link">geom_point</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="geom_text_repel.html">geom_text_repel</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span>label <span class="op">=</span> <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    min.segment.length <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    position <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu">position_nudge_repel</span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      x <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">0.1</span>, <span class="fl">0</span>, <span class="op">-</span><span class="fl">0.1</span>, <span class="fl">0</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      y <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">0.1</span>, <span class="fl">0.2</span>, <span class="op">-</span><span class="fl">0.1</span>, <span class="op">-</span><span class="fl">0.2</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-plt img"><img src="position_nudge_repel-3.png" alt="" width="700" height="433"></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># We can also use geom_text_repel() with arguments nudge_x, nudge_y</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/ggplot.html" class="external-link">ggplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">df</span>, <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/geom_point.html" class="external-link">geom_point</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="geom_text_repel.html">geom_text_repel</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span>label <span class="op">=</span> <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    min.segment.length <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    nudge_x <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0.1</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    nudge_y <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0.15</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-plt img"><img src="position_nudge_repel-4.png" alt="" width="700" height="433"></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># The arguments nudge_x, nudge_y also accept vectors</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/ggplot.html" class="external-link">ggplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">df</span>, <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/geom_point.html" class="external-link">geom_point</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="geom_text_repel.html">geom_text_repel</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/aes.html" class="external-link">aes</a></span><span class="op">(</span>label <span class="op">=</span> <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    min.segment.length <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">0</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    nudge_x <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">0.1</span>, <span class="fl">0</span>, <span class="op">-</span><span class="fl">0.1</span>, <span class="fl">0</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    nudge_y <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">0.1</span>, <span class="fl">0.2</span>, <span class="op">-</span><span class="fl">0.1</span>, <span class="op">-</span><span class="fl">0.2</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-plt img"><img src="position_nudge_repel-5.png" alt="" width="700" height="433"></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
</code></pre></div>
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