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  * polars.LazyF... 

#  polars.LazyFrame.top_k  #

LazyFrame.  top_k  (

     _ k  :  [ int  ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int "\(in Python v3.12\)") _ , 
     _ *  _ , 
     _ by  :  IntoExpr  |  Iterable  [  IntoExpr  ]  _ , 
     _ descending  :  [ bool  ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool "\(in Python v3.12\)") |  Sequence  [  [ bool  ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool "\(in Python v3.12\)") ]  =  False  _ , 
     _ nulls_last  :  [ bool  ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool "\(in Python v3.12\)") =  False  _ , 
     _ maintain_order  :  [ bool  ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool "\(in Python v3.12\)") =  False  _ , 
     _ multithreaded  :  [ bool  ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool "\(in Python v3.12\)") =  True  _ , 
)  →  Self  [ [source]  ](https://github.com/pola-rs/polars/blob/main/py-
polars/polars/lazyframe/frame.py#L1327-L1414) #

    

Return the ` k  ` largest elements.

If ` descending=True  ` the smallest elements will be given.

Parameters  :

    

**k**

    

Number of rows to return.

**by**

    

Column(s) included in sort order. Accepts expression input. Str