Overlapping labels in side-by-side chart

Question

I am working with a side-by-side bar chart and facing a common issue of overlapping labels. I have looked through previous queries and none seem to work for me and I don't know why.

Below is the command I have and the results

ggplot(data=SEM_Breakdown_2,aes(x=DMA_Clean, y=AQH)) +
  geom_bar(aes(fill=SEM),
           stat="identity",position=position_dodge(width=1)) + 
 geom_text(aes(label=round(AQH,digit=0),ymax=AQH),
           position=position_dodge(width=1),vjust=-1,size=5)

Just want to show the labels at each columns so I can actually ready them.

Thanks

modified my code and below, while not perfect it works

 geom_text(aes(label=round(Unique..IPs,digit=0),ymax=Unique..IPs),position=position_dodge(width=1),vjust=-1,hjust=ifelse(SEM_Breakdown_2$SEM=="Yes",-0.4,1.4),size=4)

I wanted to but I can't attach a photo unfortunately due to my low reputation score or something — user2520852, Jun 25 '13 at 19:34
Post a link to one, then. (You can use imgur, that's an easy site to use for this sort of thing) — AJMansfield, Jun 25 '13 at 19:37
I take it just shifting one of the labels one way and the other the other way didn't work? — AJMansfield, Jun 25 '13 at 19:48
you mean assigning individual coordinate depending on whether Yes/No? How could i do that? — user2520852, Jun 25 '13 at 19:51
What I am saying is that you could manually specify an offset between each of the two labels and the centerline of the vertical. To ensure it scales correctly, you would have to specify it as a fraction of the total distance between verticals. — AJMansfield, Jun 25 '13 at 19:57
I'm not sure if I follow, which part of the code should I be modifying? — user2520852, Jun 25 '13 at 20:00
Probably the 'position' part. I'm not to good on this language. — AJMansfield, Jun 25 '13 at 20:03

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '13 at 20:13

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Add an additional parameter to the aes() call, x=offset, and make the value dependant on whether the bar is a "yes" bar or a "no" bar.

For instance, x = ifelse( test.if.yes.bar, 5, -5)

answered Jun 25 '13 at 20:13

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Overlapping labels in side-by-side chart

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