Page Recommendations — LeetCode 1264 Python Solution

MediumLeetCode PremiumDatabase
Problem
#1264
Reading time
3 min

Table schema

SQL
Table: Friendship +---------------+---------+ | Column Name | Type | +---------------+---------+ | user1_id | int | | user2_id | int | +---------------+---------+ (user1_id, user2_id) is the primary key (combination of columns with unique values) for this table. Each row of this table indicates that there is a friendship relation between user1_id and user2_id.

Example

SQL
+---------------+---------+
| Column Name   | Type    |
+---------------+---------+
| user1_id      | int     |
| user2_id      | int     |
+---------------+---------+
(user1_id, user2_id) is the primary key (combination of columns with unique values) for this table.
Each row of this table indicates that there is a friendship relation between user1_id and user2_id.

Python solution

Python
import duckdb
import pandas as pd

def solution(friendship: pd.DataFrame, likes: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    con = duckdb.connect()
    con.register("Friendship", friendship)
    con.register("Likes", likes)
    return con.execute("""WITH
    T AS (
        SELECT user1_id AS user_id FROM Friendship WHERE user2_id = 1
        UNION
        SELECT user2_id AS user_id FROM Friendship WHERE user1_id = 1
    )
SELECT DISTINCT page_id AS recommended_page
FROM
    T
    JOIN Likes USING (user_id)
WHERE page_id NOT IN (SELECT page_id FROM Likes WHERE user_id = 1);""").df()

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(n log n) (typical)
SpaceO(n) auxiliary

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