Fix Names in a Table — LeetCode 1667 Python Solution

EasyDatabase
Problem
#1667
Reading time
3 min

Table schema

SQL
Table: Users +----------------+---------+ | Column Name | Type | +----------------+---------+ | user_id | int | | name | varchar | +----------------+---------+ user_id is the primary key (column with unique values) for this table. This table contains the ID and the name of the user.

Example

SQL
+----------------+---------+
| Column Name    | Type    |
+----------------+---------+
| user_id        | int     |
| name           | varchar |
+----------------+---------+
user_id is the primary key (column with unique values) for this table.
This table contains the ID and the name of the user. The name consists of only lowercase and uppercase characters.

Python solution

Python
import duckdb
import pandas as pd

def solution(users: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    con = duckdb.connect()
    con.register("Users", users)
    return con.execute("""SELECT
    user_id,
    CONCAT(UPPER(LEFT(name, 1)), LOWER(SUBSTRING(name, 2))) AS name
FROM
    users
ORDER BY
    user_id;""").df()

Complexity

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

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