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# Sample
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Transforms for taking samples of the elements in a collection, or
samples of the values associated with each key in a collection of 
key-value pairs.

## Examples
See [BEAM-7390](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-7390) for updates. 

## Related transforms 
* [Top](/documentation/transforms/python/aggregation/top) finds the largest or smallest element.