nushell/docs/commands/dfr_sample.md

---
title: dfr sample
layout: command
version: 0.59.0
---

Create sample dataframe

## Signature

```> dfr sample --n-rows --fraction --replace```

## Parameters

 -  `--n-rows {int}`: number of rows to be taken from dataframe
 -  `--fraction {number}`: fraction of dataframe to be taken
 -  `--replace`: sample with replace

## Examples

Sample rows from dataframe
```shell
> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | dfr to-df | dfr sample -n 1
```

Shows sample row using fraction and replace
```shell
> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 4] [5 6]] | dfr to-df | dfr sample -f 0.5 -e
```