polars.Series.sample#

Series.sample(n: int | None = None, frac: float | None = None, with_replacement: bool = False, shuffle: bool = False, seed: int | None = None) → Series[source]#

Sample from this Series.

Parameters:

n: Number of items to return. Cannot be used with frac. Defaults to 1 if frac is None.
frac: Fraction of items to return. Cannot be used with n.
with_replacement: Allow values to be sampled more than once.
shuffle: Shuffle the order of sampled data points.
seed: Seed for the random number generator. If set to None (default), a random seed is generated using the random module.

Examples

>>> s = pl.Series("a", [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
>>> s.sample(2, seed=0)  
shape: (2,)
Series: 'a' [i64]
[
    1
    5
]