cudf.DataFrame.nlargest#

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

Return the first n rows ordered by columns in descending order.

Return the first n rows with the largest values in columns, in descending order. The columns that are not specified are returned as well, but not used for ordering.

Parameters

nint

Number of rows to return.

columnslabel or list of labels

Column label(s) to order by.

keep{‘first’, ‘last’}, default ‘first’

Where there are duplicate values:

first : prioritize the first occurrence(s)
last : prioritize the last occurrence(s)

Returns

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

Notes

Difference from pandas:

Only a single column is supported in columns

Examples

>>> import cudf
>>> df = cudf.DataFrame({'population': [59000000, 65000000, 434000,
...                                   434000, 434000, 337000, 11300,
...                                   11300, 11300],
...                    'GDP': [1937894, 2583560 , 12011, 4520, 12128,
...                            17036, 182, 38, 311],
...                    'alpha-2': ["IT", "FR", "MT", "MV", "BN",
...                                "IS", "NR", "TV", "AI"]},
...                   index=["Italy", "France", "Malta",
...                          "Maldives", "Brunei", "Iceland",
...                          "Nauru", "Tuvalu", "Anguilla"])
>>> df
          population      GDP alpha-2
Italy       59000000  1937894      IT
France      65000000  2583560      FR
Malta         434000    12011      MT
Maldives      434000     4520      MV
Brunei        434000    12128      BN
Iceland       337000    17036      IS
Nauru          11300      182      NR
Tuvalu         11300       38      TV
Anguilla       11300      311      AI
>>> df.nlargest(3, 'population')
        population      GDP alpha-2
France    65000000  2583560      FR
Italy     59000000  1937894      IT
Malta       434000    12011      MT
>>> df.nlargest(3, 'population', keep='last')
        population      GDP alpha-2
France    65000000  2583560      FR
Italy     59000000  1937894      IT
Brunei      434000    12128      BN