dfr into-nu for dataframe

Converts a dataframe or an expression into into nushell value for access and exploration.

Signature

> dfr into-nu {flags}

Flags

• --rows, -n {number}: number of rows to be shown
• --tail, -t: shows tail rows

Input/output types:

input	output
any	any

Examples

Shows head rows from dataframe

> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr into-df | dfr into-nu
╭───┬───┬───╮
│ # │ a │ b │
├───┼───┼───┤
│ 0 │ 1 │ 2 │
│ 1 │ 3 │ 4 │
╰───┴───┴───╯

Shows tail rows from dataframe

> [[a b]; [1 2] [5 6] [3 4]] | dfr into-df | dfr into-nu --tail --rows 1
╭───┬───┬───╮
│ # │ a │ b │
├───┼───┼───┤
│ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │
╰───┴───┴───╯

Convert a col expression into a nushell value

> dfr col a | dfr into-nu
╭───────┬────────╮
│ expr  │ column │
│ value │ a      │
╰───────┴────────╯

Tips: Dataframe commands were not shipped in the official binaries by default, you have to build it with --features=dataframe flag