head

DataFrame.head(n=5)

Get top rows

Parameters:

n – (int) row number.

Returns:

Top rows

Examples:

>>> df = DataFrame({'animal':['alligator', 'bee', 'falcon', 'lion',
...                    'monkey', 'parrot', 'shark', 'whale', 'zebra']})
>>> df
      animal
0  alligator
1        bee
2     falcon
3       lion
4     monkey
5     parrot
6      shark
7      whale
8      zebra

Viewing the first 5 lines:

>>> df.head()
      animal
0  alligator
1        bee
2     falcon
3       lion
4     monkey

Viewing the first n lines (three in this case):

>>> df.head(3)
      animal
0  alligator
1        bee
2     falcon