datatable.Frame.head()

datatable.Frame.

head

(

n=10

)

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Return the first n rows of the frame.

If the number of rows in the frame is less than n, then all rows are returned.

This is a convenience function and it is equivalent to DT[:n, :].

Parameters

n

int

The maximum number of rows to return, 10 by default. This number cannot be negative.

return

Frame

A frame containing the first up to n rows from the original frame, and same columns.

Examples

DT = dt.Frame(A=["apples", "bananas", "cherries", "dates",
                 "eggplants", "figs", "grapes", "kiwi"])
DT.head(4)

	A
	▪▪▪▪
0	apples
1	bananas
2	cherries
3	dates

4 rows × 1 column

See also

• tail() – return the last n rows of the Frame.