xarray.Dataset.head¶

Dataset.head(indexers=None, **indexers_kwargs)¶

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.