first n rows of pandas dataframe code example

Example 1: print last n rows of dataframe

df1.tail(n)

Example 2: Returns the first n rows

# Returns the first n rows

df.head()
# Row(age=2, name=u'Alicz')
df.head(1)
# [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice')]

Example 3: pandas column string first n characters

df1['StateInitial'] = df1['State'].str[:2]
print(df1)