modin.pandas.Series.nsmallest

Series.nsmallest(n=5, keep='first') → Series[source]

Return the smallest n elements.

Parameters:

  • n (int, default 5) – Return this many ascending sorted values.

  • keep ({'first', 'last', 'all'}, default 'first') –

    When there are duplicate values that cannot all fit in a Series of n elements:

    • first : return the first n occurrences in order of appearance.

    • last : return the last n occurrences in reverse order of appearance.

    • all : keep all occurrences. This can result in a Series of size larger than n.

Returns:

The n smallest values in the Series, sorted in increasing order.

Return type:

Series

See also

Series.nlargest

Get the n largest elements.

Series.sort_values

Sort Series by values.

Series.head

Return the first n rows.

Examples

>>> countries_population = {"Italy": 59000000, "France": 65000000,
...                         "Brunei": 434000, "Malta": 434000,
...                         "Maldives": 434000, "Iceland": 337000,
...                         "Nauru": 11300, "Tuvalu": 11300,
...                         "Anguilla": 11300, "Montserrat": 5200}
>>> s = pd.Series(countries_population)
>>> s
Italy         59000000
France        65000000
Brunei          434000
Malta           434000
Maldives        434000
Iceland         337000
Nauru            11300
Tuvalu           11300
Anguilla         11300
Montserrat        5200
dtype: int64

The n smallest elements where n=5 by default.

>>> s.nsmallest()
Montserrat      5200
Nauru          11300
Tuvalu         11300
Anguilla       11300
Iceland       337000
dtype: int64

The n smallest elements where n=3. Default keep value is ‘first’ so Nauru and Tuvalu will be kept.

>>> s.nsmallest(3)
Montserrat     5200
Nauru         11300
Tuvalu        11300
dtype: int64

The n smallest elements where n=3 and keeping the last duplicates. Anguilla and Tuvalu will be kept since they are the last with value 11300 based on the index order.

>>> s.nsmallest(3, keep='last')
Montserrat     5200
Anguilla      11300
Tuvalu        11300
dtype: int64

The n smallest elements where n=3 with all duplicates kept. Note that the returned Series has four elements due to the three duplicates.

>>> s.nsmallest(3, keep='all')  
Montserrat     5200
Nauru         11300
Tuvalu        11300
Anguilla      11300
dtype: int64