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ee.ImageCollection.limit
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Limit a collection to the specified number of elements, optionally sorting them by a specified property first.
Returns the limited collection.
| Usage | Returns | ImageCollection.limit(max, property, ascending) | Collection |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: collection | Collection | The Collection instance. |
max | Number | The number to limit the collection to. |
property | String, optional | The property to sort by, if sorting. |
ascending | Boolean, optional | Whether to sort in ascending or descending order. The default is true (ascending). |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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