polars.Series.head

Series.head(
    n: int = 10,
) → Series

Get the first n elements.

Parameters:

n

Number of elements to return. If a negative value is passed, return all elements except the last abs(n).

See also

tail, slice

Examples

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

Pass a negative value to get all rows except the last abs(n).

>>> s.head(-3)
shape: (2,)
Series: 'a' [i64]
[
    1
    2
]