How to do selective labeling with GGPLOT geom_point()

Question

With this code:

library(ggplot2)
p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg))
p + geom_point()
p + geom_point() + geom_text(aes(wt, mpg, label=row.names(mtcars)))
         


        

Answer 1

You could just get an extra variable:

carnames <- row.names(mtcars)
carnames[with(mtcars, !(wt > 4 | mpg > 25))] <- ""

p + geom_point() + geom_text(aes(wt,mpg,label=carnames))