Get n-largest values from a particular column in Pandas DataFrame
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18 Dec, 2018
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Pandas DataFrame is two-dimensional size-mutable, potentially heterogeneous tabular data structure with labeled axes (rows and columns).
Let's see how can we can get n-largest values from a particular column in Pandas DataFrame.
Observe this dataset first. We’ll use ‘Age’, ‘Weight’ and ‘Salary’ columns of this data in order to get n-largest values from a particular column in Pandas DataFrame.
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Code #1: Getting 5 largest Age
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Code #2: Getting 10 maximum weights
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Code #3: Getting 10 maximum salary
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Output:
# importing pandas module
import pandas as pd
# making data frame
df = pd.read_csv("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/nba.csv")
df.head(10)

# importing pandas module
import pandas as pd
# making data frame
df = pd.read_csv("nba.csv")
# five largest values in column age
df.nlargest(5, ['Age'])

# importing pandas module
import pandas as pd
# making data frame
df = pd.read_csv("nba.csv")
# Ten largest values in column Weight
df.nlargest(10, ['Weight'])

# importing pandas module
import pandas as pd
# making data frame
df = pd.read_csv("nba.csv")
# five largest values in column Salary
df.nlargest(5, ['Salary'])
