Manager of the Largest Department — LeetCode 2988 Python Solution

MediumLeetCode PremiumDatabase
Problem
#2988
Reading time
3 min

Table schema

SQL
Table: Employees +-------------+---------+ | Column Name | Type | +-------------+---------+ | emp_id | int | | emp_name | varchar | | dep_id | int | | position | varchar | +-------------+---------+ emp_id is column of unique values for this table. This table contains emp_id, emp_name, dep_id, and position.

Example

SQL
+-------------+---------+
| Column Name | Type    |
+-------------+---------+
| emp_id      | int     |
| emp_name    | varchar |
| dep_id      | int     |
| position    | varchar |
+-------------+---------+
emp_id is column of unique values for this table.
This table contains emp_id, emp_name, dep_id, and position.

Python solution

Python
import duckdb
import pandas as pd

def solution(employees: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    con = duckdb.connect()
    con.register("Employees", employees)
    return con.execute("""WITH
    T AS (
        SELECT dep_id, COUNT(1) AS cnt
        FROM Employees
        GROUP BY 1
    )
SELECT emp_name AS manager_name, t.dep_id
FROM
    T AS t
    JOIN Employees AS e ON t.dep_id = e.dep_id AND e.position = 'Manager'
WHERE cnt = (SELECT MAX(cnt) FROM T)
ORDER BY 2;""").df()

Complexity

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

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