---
title: getRecord() function
description: >
  `getRecord()` extracts a row at a specified index from a table as a record.
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    name: getRecord
    parent: universe
    identifier: universe/getRecord
weight: 101
flux/v0.x/tags: [dynamic queries]
introduced: 0.29.0
---

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`getRecord()` extracts a row at a specified index from a table as a record.

If the specified index is out of bounds, the function returns an error.

##### Function type signature

```js
(<-table: stream[A], idx: int) => A where A: Record
```

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## Parameters

### idx
({{< req >}})
Index of the record to extract.



### table

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




## Examples

### Extract the first row from a table as a record

```js
import "sampledata"

sampledata.int()
    |> tableFind(fn: (key) => key.tag == "t1")
    |> getRecord(idx: 0)// Returns {_time: 2021-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z, _value: -2, tag: t1}


```