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SampledEntityClass[class,n]

represents an entity class containing n entities from class.

SampledEntityClass[class,{m,n}]

represents an entity class containing entities m through n of class.

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SampledEntityClass

SampledEntityClass[class,n]

represents an entity class containing n entities from class.

SampledEntityClass[class,{m,n}]

represents an entity class containing entities m through n of class.

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Basic Examples  (3)

Use SampledEntityClass to look at the first few entities:

Wolfram Language code: EntityList[SampledEntityClass["Dinosaur", 2]]

Use SampledEntityClass to look at the following entities by specifying an offset:

Wolfram Language code: EntityList[SampledEntityClass["Dinosaur", {3, 4}]]

When used with relational-database-backed entities, SampledEntityClass is compiled to LIMIT and OFFSET statements:

Wolfram Language code: EntityRegister[EntityStore[RelationalDatabase[FindFile["ExampleData/ecommerce-database.sqlite"]]]]
Wolfram Language code: SampledEntityClass["employees", 2]["firstName"]

Scope  (1)

Whenever there are more entities than requested, all of the entities are returned:

Wolfram Language code: SampledEntityClass[EntityClass["Country", "GroupOf8"], 10]//EntityList

Properties & Relations  (2)

When SampledEntityClass is applied to SortedEntityClass:

Wolfram Language code: EntityList[SampledEntityClass[SortedEntityClass["Dinosaur", EntityProperty["Dinosaur", "Length"] -> "Descending"], 2]]

The same class can be more simply expressed by using SortedEntityClass with three arguments:

Wolfram Language code: EntityList[SortedEntityClass["Dinosaur", EntityProperty["Dinosaur", "Length"] -> "Descending", 2]]

Some entity types support the special property "SampleEntities":

Wolfram Language code: EntityValue["Country" , "SampleEntities"]

SampledEntityClass can also be used on various types of entity classes:

Wolfram Language code: SampledEntityClass[EntityClass["Country", "GroupOf8"], 3]//EntityList

Neat Examples  (1)

Create an image collage of 16 elements:

Wolfram Language code: ImageCollage[SampledEntityClass["Element", 16]["Image"]]
Wolfram Research (2019), SampledEntityClass, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SampledEntityClass.html.

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Wolfram Language. (2019). SampledEntityClass. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SampledEntityClass.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_sampledentityclass, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SampledEntityClass}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SampledEntityClass.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_sampledentityclass, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SampledEntityClass}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SampledEntityClass.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}