Find Interview Candidates — LeetCode 1811 Python Solution
MediumLeetCode PremiumDatabase
- Problem
- #1811
- Reading time
- 8 min
- Source
- leetcode.com
Table schema
SQL
Table: Contests +--------------+------+ | Column Name | Type | +--------------+------+ | contest_id | int | | gold_medal | int | | silver_medal | int | | bronze_medal | int | +--------------+------+ contest_id is the column with unique values for this table. This table contains the LeetCode contest ID and the user IDs of the gold, silver, and bronze medalists.Example
SQL
+--------------+------+
| Column Name | Type |
+--------------+------+
| contest_id | int |
| gold_medal | int |
| silver_medal | int |
| bronze_medal | int |
+--------------+------+
contest_id is the column with unique values for this table.
This table contains the LeetCode contest ID and the user IDs of the gold, silver, and bronze medalists.
It is guaranteed that any consecutive contests have consecutive IDs and that no ID is skipped.Python solution
Python
import duckdb
import pandas as pd
def solution(contests: pd.DataFrame, users: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
con = duckdb.connect()
con.register("Contests", contests)
con.register("Users", users)
return con.execute("""WITH
S AS (
SELECT contest_id, gold_medal AS user_id, 1 AS type
FROM Contests
UNION
SELECT contest_id, silver_medal AS user_id, 2 AS type
FROM Contests
UNION
SELECT contest_id, bronze_medal AS user_id, 3 AS type
FROM Contests
),
T AS (
SELECT
user_id,
(
contest_id - ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
PARTITION BY user_id
ORDER BY contest_id
)
) AS diff
FROM S
),
P AS (
SELECT user_id
FROM S
WHERE type = 1
GROUP BY user_id
HAVING COUNT(1) >= 3
UNION
SELECT DISTINCT user_id
FROM T
GROUP BY user_id, diff
HAVING COUNT(1) >= 3
)
SELECT name, mail
FROM
P AS p
LEFT JOIN Users AS u ON p.user_id = u.user_id;""").df()Complexity
| Measure | Complexity |
|---|---|
| Time | O(n log n) (typical) |
| Space | O(n) auxiliary |
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