---
title: base
framework: tabulardata
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: tabulardata/dataframe/slice/base
---

# base

The underlying data frame.

## Declaration

```swift
var base: DataFrame { get }
```

## See Also

### Inspecting a Slice

- [shape](tabulardata/dataframe/slice/shape.md)
- [columns](tabulardata/dataframe/slice/columns.md)
- [rows](tabulardata/dataframe/slice/rows.md)