Activity Participants — LeetCode 1355 Python Solution

MediumLeetCode PremiumDatabase
Problem
#1355
Reading time
3 min

Table schema

SQL
Table: Friends +---------------+---------+ | Column Name | Type | +---------------+---------+ | id | int | | name | varchar | | activity | varchar | +---------------+---------+ id is the id of the friend and the primary key for this table in SQL. name is the name of the friend.

Example

SQL
+---------------+---------+
| Column Name   | Type    |
+---------------+---------+
| id            | int     |
| name          | varchar |
| activity      | varchar |
+---------------+---------+
id is the id of the friend and the primary key for this table in SQL.
name is the name of the friend.
activity is the name of the activity which the friend takes part in.

Python solution

Python
import duckdb
import pandas as pd

def solution(friends: pd.DataFrame, activities: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    con = duckdb.connect()
    con.register("Friends", friends)
    con.register("Activities", activities)
    return con.execute("""WITH
    t AS (
        SELECT activity, COUNT(1) AS cnt
        FROM Friends
        GROUP BY activity
    )
SELECT activity
FROM t
WHERE cnt > (SELECT MIN(cnt) FROM t) AND cnt < (SELECT MAX(cnt) FROM t);""").df()

Complexity

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

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