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tail() function in R Language is used to get the last parts of a vector, matrix, table, data frame or function.

Syntax: tail(x, n)

Parameters:
x: specified data types
n: number of row need to be printed

Example 1:

# R program to illustrate

# tail function

# Calling the tail() function to

# get the last iris demo dataset

tail(iris)

Output:

 Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species145 6.7 3.3 5.7 2.5 virginica146 6.7 3.0 5.2 2.3 virginica147 6.3 2.5 5.0 1.9 virginica148 6.5 3.0 5.2 2.0 virginica149 6.2 3.4 5.4 2.3 virginica150 5.9 3.0 5.1 1.8 virginica

Example 2:

# R program to illustrate

# tail function

# Calling the tail() function to

# get the last iris demo dataset

# in 4 rows

tail(iris, 4)

Output:

 Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species147 6.3 2.5 5.0 1.9 virginica148 6.5 3.0 5.2 2.0 virginica149 6.2 3.4 5.4 2.3 virginica150 5.9 3.0 5.1 1.8 virginica

Last Updated : 30 Jun, 2020

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