Get the Last parts of a Data Set in R Programming tail() Function (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025

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 typesn: number of row need to be printed

Example 1:

Python3 `

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   Species

145 6.7 3.3 5.7 2.5 virginica 146 6.7 3.0 5.2 2.3 virginica 147 6.3 2.5 5.0 1.9 virginica 148 6.5 3.0 5.2 2.0 virginica 149 6.2 3.4 5.4 2.3 virginica 150 5.9 3.0 5.1 1.8 virginica

Example 2:

Python3 `

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   Species

147 6.3 2.5 5.0 1.9 virginica 148 6.5 3.0 5.2 2.0 virginica 149 6.2 3.4 5.4 2.3 virginica 150 5.9 3.0 5.1 1.8 virginica