daft.DataFrame.limit

DataFrame.limit(num: int) → DataFrame

Limits the rows in the DataFrame to the first N rows, similar to a SQL LIMIT

Example

>>> import daft
>>> df = df = daft.from_pydict({"x": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]})
>>> df_limited = df.limit(5) # returns 5 rows
>>> df_limited.show()
╭───────╮
│ x     │
│ ---   │
│ Int64 │
╞═══════╡
│ 1     │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 2     │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 3     │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 4     │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 5     │
╰───────╯

(Showing first 5 of 5 rows)

Parameters:

• num (int) – maximum rows to allow.

• eager (bool) – whether to maximize for latency (time to first result) by eagerly executing only one partition at a time, or throughput by executing multiple limits at a time

Returns:

Limited DataFrame

Return type:

DataFrame

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