Get Top & Bottom N Rows of pandas DataFrame in Python (2 Examples)

import pandas as pd                                   # Import pandas library in Python

import pandas as pd # Import pandas library in Python

my_df = pd.DataFrame({'A':[5, 1, 5, 5, 1, 2, 8, 2],  # Construct example DataFrame in Python
                      'B':['b', 'x', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'c', 'x', 'b'],
                      'C':['a', 'a', 'c', 's', 'b', 'a', 'f', 'c']})
print(my_df)                                         # Display example DataFrame in console
#    A  B  C
# 0  5  b  a
# 1  1  x  a
# 2  5  a  c
# 3  5  a  s
# 4  1  a  b
# 5  2  c  a
# 6  8  x  f
# 7  2  b  c

my_df = pd.DataFrame({'A':[5, 1, 5, 5, 1, 2, 8, 2], # Construct example DataFrame in Python 'B':['b', 'x', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'c', 'x', 'b'], 'C':['a', 'a', 'c', 's', 'b', 'a', 'f', 'c']}) print(my_df) # Display example DataFrame in console # A B C # 0 5 b a # 1 1 x a # 2 5 a c # 3 5 a s # 4 1 a b # 5 2 c a # 6 8 x f # 7 2 b c

print(my_df.head(3))                                 # Return head of example data
#    A  B  C
# 0  5  b  a
# 1  1  x  a
# 2  5  a  c

print(my_df.head(3)) # Return head of example data # A B C # 0 5 b a # 1 1 x a # 2 5 a c

print(my_df.tail(3))                                 # Return tail of example data
#    A  B  C
# 5  2  c  a
# 6  8  x  f
# 7  2  b  c

print(my_df.tail(3)) # Return tail of example data # A B C # 5 2 c a # 6 8 x f # 7 2 b c