polars.Expr.take#

Expr.take(indices: int | list[int] | Expr | Series | np.ndarray[Any, Any]) → Self[source]#

Take values by index.

Parameters:

indices: An expression that leads to a UInt32 dtyped Series.

Returns:

Expr: Expression of the same data type.

Examples

>>> df = pl.DataFrame(
...     {
...         "group": [
...             "one",
...             "one",
...             "one",
...             "two",
...             "two",
...             "two",
...         ],
...         "value": [1, 98, 2, 3, 99, 4],
...     }
... )
>>> df.groupby("group", maintain_order=True).agg(pl.col("value").take(1))
shape: (2, 2)
┌───────┬───────┐
│ group ┆ value │
│ ---   ┆ ---   │
│ str   ┆ i64   │
╞═══════╪═══════╡
│ one   ┆ 98    │
│ two   ┆ 99    │
└───────┴───────┘