pyspark.pandas.DataFrame.head#
- DataFrame.head(n=5)[source]#
- Return the first n rows. - This function returns the first n rows for the object based on position. It is useful for quickly testing if your object has the right type of data in it. - Parameters
- nint, default 5
- Number of rows to select. 
 
- Returns
- obj_headsame type as caller
- The first n rows of the caller object. 
 
 - Examples - >>> df = ps.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