polars.DataFrame.head#
- DataFrame.head(n: int = 5) DataFrame [source]#
Get the first
n
rows.- Parameters:
- n
Number of rows to return. If a negative value is passed, return all rows except the last
abs(n)
.
Examples
>>> df = pl.DataFrame( ... { ... "foo": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], ... "bar": [6, 7, 8, 9, 10], ... "ham": ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"], ... } ... ) >>> df.head(3) shape: (3, 3) ┌─────┬─────┬─────┐ │ foo ┆ bar ┆ ham │ │ --- ┆ --- ┆ --- │ │ i64 ┆ i64 ┆ str │ ╞═════╪═════╪═════╡ │ 1 ┆ 6 ┆ a │ │ 2 ┆ 7 ┆ b │ │ 3 ┆ 8 ┆ c │ └─────┴─────┴─────┘
Pass a negative value to get all rows
except
the lastabs(n)
.>>> df.head(-3) shape: (2, 3) ┌─────┬─────┬─────┐ │ foo ┆ bar ┆ ham │ │ --- ┆ --- ┆ --- │ │ i64 ┆ i64 ┆ str │ ╞═════╪═════╪═════╡ │ 1 ┆ 6 ┆ a │ │ 2 ┆ 7 ┆ b │ └─────┴─────┴─────┘