Column.take
takerange
Group: Selections
Aliases: first
, head
, keep
, last
, limit
, sample
, slice
, tail
, top
Documentation
Creates a new Column with the specified range of rows from the input Column.
Arguments
range
: The selection of rows from the table to return.
Returns
A new Column containing the selected rows.
Examples
Select the first row from the "Name" Column.
table = Table.new [["Name", ["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie"]]]
column = table.get "Name"
## The take returns "Alice"
first_row = column.take (..First 1)
Select the last row from the "Name" Column.
table = Table.new [["Name", ["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie"]]]
column = table.get "Name"
## The take returns "Charlie"
last_row = column.take (..Last 1)
Errors
- If the range is out of bounds, an
Index_Out_Of_Bounds
error is raised.