get first n rows of dataframe pandas code example

Example 1: pandas return first row

df_test.iloc[0]
or
df_test['someColumnName'].iloc[0]

Example 2: df select first n rows

df2 = df.head(N)
# this should select N rows from top and copy to new df
df3 = df.tail(N)
# this should select N rows from bottom and copy to new df

Example 3: print last n rows of dataframe

df1.tail(n)

Example 4: 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')]