polars.DataFrame.limit

DataFrame.limit(n: int = 5) → DF

Get the first n rows.

Alias for DataFrame.head().

Parameters:

n

Number of rows to return.

Examples

>>> df = pl.DataFrame(
...     {"foo": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], "bar": ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"]}
... )
>>> df.limit(4)
shape: (4, 2)
┌─────┬─────┐
│ foo ┆ bar │
│ --- ┆ --- │
│ i64 ┆ str │
╞═════╪═════╡
│ 1   ┆ a   │
├╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 2   ┆ b   │
├╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 3   ┆ c   │
├╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 4   ┆ d   │
└─────┴─────┘