---
title: limit() function
description: >
  `limit()` returns the first `n` rows after the specified `offset` from each input table.
menu:
  flux_v0_ref:
    name: limit
    parent: universe
    identifier: universe/limit
weight: 101
flux/v0/tags: [transformations, selectors]
introduced: 0.7.0
---

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`limit()` returns the first `n` rows after the specified `offset` from each input table.

If an input table has less than `offset + n` rows, `limit()` returns all rows
after the offset.

##### Function type signature

```js
(<-tables: stream[A], n: int, ?offset: int) => stream[A]
```

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## Parameters

### n
({{< req >}})
Maximum number of rows to return.



### offset

Number of rows to skip per table before limiting to `n`.
Default is `0`.



### tables

Input data. Default is piped-forward data (`<-`).




## Examples

- [Limit results to the first three rows in each table](#limit-results-to-the-first-three-rows-in-each-table)
- [Limit results to the first three rows in each input table after the first two](#limit-results-to-the-first-three-rows-in-each-input-table-after-the-first-two)

### Limit results to the first three rows in each table

```js
import "sampledata"

sampledata.int()
    |> limit(n: 3)

```

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#### Input data

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | -2      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 10      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 7       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 17      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 15      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 4       | t1   |

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 19      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 4       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | -3      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 19      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 13      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 1       | t2   |


#### Output data

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | -2      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 10      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 7       | t1   |

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 19      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 4       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | -3      | t2   |

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### Limit results to the first three rows in each input table after the first two

```js
import "sampledata"

sampledata.int()
    |> limit(n: 3, offset: 2)

```