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  * polars.LazyF... 

#  polars.LazyFrame.first  #

LazyFrame.  first  (  )  →  Self  [ [source]  ](https://github.com/pola-
rs/polars/blob/main/py-polars/polars/lazyframe/frame.py#L4678-L4700) #

    

Get the first row of the DataFrame.

Examples

    
    
    >>> lf = pl.LazyFrame(
    ...     {
    ...         "a": [1, 3, 5],
    ...         "b": [2, 4, 6],
    ...     }
    ... )
    >>> lf.first().collect()
    shape: (1, 2)
    ┌─────┬─────┐
    │ a   ┆ b   │
    │ --- ┆ --- │
    │ i64 ┆ i64 │
    ╞═════╪═════╡
    │ 1   ┆ 2   │
    └─────┴─────┘
    

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