Pandas DataFrame: nlargest() function

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DataFrame - nlargest() function

The nlargest() function is used to get the first n rows ordered by columns in descending order. The columns that are not specified are returned as well, but not used for ordering.

Syntax:

DataFrame.nlargest(self, n, columns, keep='first')

Parameters:

Name	Description	Type/Default Value	Required / Optional
n	Number of rows to return.	int	Required
columns	Column label(s) to order by.	label or list of labels	Required
keep	Where there are duplicate values: first : prioritize the first occurrence(s) last : prioritize the last occurrence(s) all : do not drop any duplicates, even it means selecting more than n items.	{‘first’, ‘last’, ‘all’} Default Value: ‘first’	Required

Returns:DataFrame
The first n rows ordered by the given columns in descending order.

Example:

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