lance.LanceDataset.sample(num_rows: int, columns: list[str] | dict[str, str] | None = None, randomize_order: bool = True, **kwargs) Table

Select a random sample of data

Parameters:
num_rows : int

number of rows to retrieve

columns : list of str, or dict of str to str default None

List of column names to be fetched. Or a dictionary of column names to SQL expressions. All columns are fetched if None or unspecified.

**kwargs : dict, optional

see scanner() method for full parameter description.

Returns:

table

Return type:

Table