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Version: Python

head_pct

The head_pct method returns a table with a specific percentage of rows from the beginning of the source table.

caution

Attempting to use head_pct on a blink table will raise an error.

Syntax​

table.head_pct(pct: float) -> Table

Parameters​

ParameterTypeDescription
pctfloat

The percentage of rows to return. This value must be given as a floating-point number between 0 (0%) to 1 (100%).

Returns​

A new table with a specific percentage of rows from the beginning of the source table.

Examples​

The following example filters the table to the first 40% and 33.3333333% of rows.

from deephaven import new_table
from deephaven.column import string_col, int_col, double_col
from deephaven.constants import NULL_INT

source = new_table(
    [
        string_col("Letter", ["A", "C", "F", "B", "E", "D", "A"]),
        int_col("Number", [NULL_INT, 2, 1, NULL_INT, 4, 5, 3]),
        string_col(
            "Color", ["red", "blue", "orange", "purple", "yellow", "pink", "blue"]
        ),
        int_col("Code", [12, 14, 11, NULL_INT, 16, 14, NULL_INT]),
    ]
)

result = source.head_pct(pct=0.40)
result1 = source.head_pct(pct=0.333333333)