pandas.Series.head

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.

param n

int, default 5

Number of rows to select.

return

obj_head : same type as caller The first n rows of the caller object.

Examples

Getting the first n rows.

import pandas as pd
from numba import njit


@njit
def series_head():
    s = pd.Series([7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1], index=[0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12])

    return s.head(3)


print(series_head())

$ python ./series/series_head.py
0    7
2    6
4    5
dtype: int64

See also

DataFrame.tail