xarray.Dataset.head

Dataset.head(self, indexers: Union[Mapping[Hashable, int], int] = None, **indexers_kwargs: Any) → 'Dataset'

Returns a new dataset with the first n values of each array for the specified dimension(s).

Parameters
  • indexers (dict or int, default: 5) – A dict with keys matching dimensions and integer values n or a single integer n applied over all dimensions. One of indexers or indexers_kwargs must be provided.

  • **indexers_kwargs ({dim: n, ..}, optional) – The keyword arguments form of indexers. One of indexers or indexers_kwargs must be provided.