WRITE only first N rows from pandas df to csv

Question

How can I write only first N rows or from P to Q rows to csv from pandas dataframe without subseting the df first? I cannot subset the data I want to export because of memory issues.

I am thinking of a function which writes to csv row by row.

Thank you

Answer 1

• Use head- Return the first n rows.

Ex.

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
date = pd.date_range('20190101',periods=6)
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(6,4), index=date, columns=list('ABCD'))

#wtire only top two rows into csv file
print(df.head(2).to_csv("test.csv"))