pandas.core.groupby.GroupBy.first   finalGroupBy.first(numeric_only=False, min_count=- 1)[source]
 
Compute the first non-null entry of each column.  Parameters 
 
numeric_only:bool, default False


Include only float, int, boolean columns.  
min_count:int, default -1


The required number of valid values to perform the operation. If fewer than min_count non-NA values are present the result will be NA.    Returns 
 Series or DataFrame

First non-null of values within each group.      See also  DataFrame.groupby

Apply a function groupby to each row or column of a DataFrame.  DataFrame.core.groupby.GroupBy.last

Compute the last non-null entry of each column.  DataFrame.core.groupby.GroupBy.nth

Take the nth row from each group.    Examples 
>>> df = pd.DataFrame(dict(A=[1, 1, 3], B=[None, 5, 6], C=[1, 2, 3],
...                        D=['3/11/2000', '3/12/2000', '3/13/2000']))
>>> df['D'] = pd.to_datetime(df['D'])
>>> df.groupby("A").first()
     B  C          D
A
1  5.0  1 2000-03-11
3  6.0  3 2000-03-13
>>> df.groupby("A").first(min_count=2)
    B    C          D
A
1 NaN  1.0 2000-03-11
3 NaN  NaN        NaT
>>> df.groupby("A").first(numeric_only=True)
     B  C
A
1  5.0  1
3  6.0  3
  


    
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