Find Peak Calling Hours for Each City — LeetCode 2984 Python Solution

MediumLeetCode PremiumDatabase
Problem
#2984
Reading time
5 min

Table schema

SQL
Table: Calls +--------------+----------+ | Column Name | Type | +--------------+----------+ | caller_id | int | | recipient_id | int | | call_time | datetime | | city | varchar | +--------------+----------+ (caller_id, recipient_id, call_time) is the primary key (combination of columns with unique values) for this table. Each row contains caller id, recipient id, call time, and city.

Example

SQL
+--------------+----------+
| Column Name  | Type     |
+--------------+----------+
| caller_id    | int      |
| recipient_id | int      |
| call_time    | datetime |
| city         | varchar  |
+--------------+----------+
(caller_id, recipient_id, call_time) is the primary key (combination of columns with unique values) for this table.
Each row contains caller id, recipient id, call time, and city.

Python solution

Python
import duckdb
import pandas as pd

def solution(calls: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    con = duckdb.connect()
    con.register("Calls", calls)
    return con.execute("""WITH
    T AS (
        SELECT
            *,
            RANK() OVER (
                PARTITION BY city
                ORDER BY cnt DESC
            ) AS rk
        FROM
            (
                SELECT
                    city,
                    HOUR(call_time) AS h,
                    COUNT(1) AS cnt
                FROM Calls
                GROUP BY 1, 2
            ) AS t
    )
SELECT city, h AS peak_calling_hour, cnt AS number_of_calls
FROM T
WHERE rk = 1
ORDER BY 2 DESC, 1 DESC;""").df()

Complexity

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

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