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2173. Longest Winning Streak πŸ”’

Description

Table: Matches

+-------------+------+
| Column Name | Type |
+-------------+------+
| player_id   | int  |
| match_day   | date |
| result      | enum |
+-------------+------+
(player_id, match_day) is the primary key (combination of columns with unique values) for this table.
Each row of this table contains the ID of a player, the day of the match they played, and the result of that match.
The result column is an ENUM (category) type of ('Win', 'Draw', 'Lose').

 

The winning streak of a player is the number of consecutive wins uninterrupted by draws or losses.

Write a solution to count the longest winning streak for each player.

Return the result table in any order.

The result format is in the following example.

 

Example 1:

Input: 
Matches table:
+-----------+------------+--------+
| player_id | match_day  | result |
+-----------+------------+--------+
| 1         | 2022-01-17 | Win    |
| 1         | 2022-01-18 | Win    |
| 1         | 2022-01-25 | Win    |
| 1         | 2022-01-31 | Draw   |
| 1         | 2022-02-08 | Win    |
| 2         | 2022-02-06 | Lose   |
| 2         | 2022-02-08 | Lose   |
| 3         | 2022-03-30 | Win    |
+-----------+------------+--------+
Output: 
+-----------+----------------+
| player_id | longest_streak |
+-----------+----------------+
| 1         | 3              |
| 2         | 0              |
| 3         | 1              |
+-----------+----------------+
Explanation: 
Player 1:
From 2022-01-17 to 2022-01-25, player 1 won 3 consecutive matches.
On 2022-01-31, player 1 had a draw.
On 2022-02-08, player 1 won a match.
The longest winning streak was 3 matches.

Player 2:
From 2022-02-06 to 2022-02-08, player 2 lost 2 consecutive matches.
The longest winning streak was 0 matches.

Player 3:
On 2022-03-30, player 3 won a match.
The longest winning streak was 1 match.

 

Follow up: If we are interested in calculating the longest streak without losing (i.e., win or draw), how will your solution change?

Solutions

Solution 1

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# Write your MySQL query statement below
WITH
    S AS (
        SELECT
            *,
            ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
                PARTITION BY player_id
                ORDER BY match_day
            ) - ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
                PARTITION BY player_id, result
                ORDER BY match_day
            ) AS rk
        FROM Matches
    ),
    T AS (
        SELECT player_id, SUM(result = 'Win') AS s
        FROM S
        GROUP BY player_id, rk
    )
SELECT player_id, MAX(s) AS longest_streak
FROM T
GROUP BY player_id;

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