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DOC: update the DataFrame.head() docstring #20206

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Expand Up @@ -3607,6 +3607,10 @@ def head(self, n=5):
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Return the first n rows.
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backticks around n

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thanks!


This function returns the first n rows for the object based on the
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Single backticks around n

underlying index. It is useful for quickly testing if your object
has the right type of data in it.

Parameters
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n : int, default 5
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See Also
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pandas.DataFrame.tail
pandas.DataFrame.tail: Returns the last n rows.
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single backticks around n. Likewise on line 3622.

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thanks, updated.


Examples
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