Build the Equation — LeetCode 2118 Python Solution

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Problem
#2118
Reading time
5 min

Table schema

SQL
Table: Terms +-------------+------+ | Column Name | Type | +-------------+------+ | power | int | | factor | int | +-------------+------+ power is the column with unique values for this table. Each row of this table contains information about one term of the equation.

Example

SQL
+-------------+------+
| Column Name | Type |
+-------------+------+
| power       | int  |
| factor      | int  |
+-------------+------+
power is the column with unique values for this table.
Each row of this table contains information about one term of the equation.
power is an integer in the range [0, 100].
factor is an integer in the range [-100, 100] and cannot be zero.

Python solution

Python
import duckdb
import pandas as pd

def solution(terms: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    con = duckdb.connect()
    con.register("Terms", terms)
    return con.execute("""WITH
    T AS (
        SELECT
            power,
            CASE power
                WHEN 0 THEN IF(factor > 0, CONCAT('+', factor), factor)
                WHEN 1 THEN CONCAT(
                    IF(factor > 0, CONCAT('+', factor), factor),
                    'X'
                )
                ELSE CONCAT(
                    IF(factor > 0, CONCAT('+', factor), factor),
                    'X^',
                    power
                )
            END AS it
        FROM Terms
    )
SELECT
    CONCAT(GROUP_CONCAT(it ORDER BY power DESC SEPARATOR ""), '=0') AS equation
FROM T;""").df()

Complexity

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

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