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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions pandas/core/generic.py
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Expand Up @@ -8062,15 +8062,21 @@ def first(self: FrameOrSeries, offset) -> FrameOrSeries:

def last(self: FrameOrSeries, offset) -> FrameOrSeries:
"""
Method to subset final periods of time series data based on a date offset.
Select final periods of time series data based on a date offset.

When having a DataFrame with dates as index, this function can
select the last few rows based on a date offset.

Parameters
----------
offset : str, DateOffset, dateutil.relativedelta
The offset length of the data that will be selected. For instance,
'3D' will display all the rows having their index within the last 3 days.

Returns
-------
subset : same type as caller
Series or DataFrame
A subset of the caller.

Raises
------
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