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The head() and tail() extract rows or columns from a DataFrame. Explain.
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The head() function in pandas retrieves the top n rows of a DataFrame, where n is an optional argument defaulting to 5 if not provided. It is used with the syntax <DF>.head(). Similarly, the tail() function in pandas fetches the bottom n rows of a DataFrame, where n is also optional and defaults to 5 if not specified. Its syntax is <DF>.tail().
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