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<h1>LIMIT<a class="headerlink" href="#limit" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>LIMIT constrains the number of records in the output.</p>
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<h2>Introduction<a class="headerlink" href="#introduction" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>LIMIT accepts any expression that evaluates to a positive integer.</p>
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<h2>Return a subset of the rows<a class="headerlink" href="#return-a-subset-of-the-rows" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>To return a subset of the result, starting from the top, use this syntax:</p>
<p>Query</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>SELECT *
FROM cypher(&#39;graph_name&#39;, $$
MATCH (n)RETURN n.name
ORDER BY n.name
LIMIT 3
$$) as (names agtype);
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<p>The node is returned, and no property age exists on it.</p>
<p>Result</p>
<table>
<thead>
<td><strong>names</strong>
</td>
<thead>
<tr>
<td>"A"
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>"B"
</td>
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<td>"C"
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<tr>
<td>3 rows
</td>
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<h2>Using an expression with LIMIT to return a subset of the rows<a class="headerlink" href="#using-an-expression-with-limit-to-return-a-subset-of-the-rows" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Limit accepts any expression that evaluates to a positive integer as long as it is not referring to any external variables:</p>
<p>Query</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>SELECT *
FROM cypher(&#39;graph_name&#39;, $$
MATCH (n)
RETURN n.name
ORDER BY n.name
LIMIT toInteger(3 * rand()) + 1
$$) as (names agtype);
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<p>Returns one to three top items.</p>
<p>Result</p>
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<td><strong>names</strong>
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<td>"A"
</td>
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<td>"B"
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