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2984. Find Peak Calling Hours for Each City πŸ”’

Description

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.

Write a solution to find the peak calling hour for each city. If multiple hours have the same number of calls, all of those hours will be recognized as peak hours for that specific city.

Return the result table ordered by peak calling hour and city in descending order.

The result format is in the following example.

 

Example 1:

Input: 
Calls table:
+-----------+--------------+---------------------+----------+
| caller_id | recipient_id | call_time           | city     |
+-----------+--------------+---------------------+----------+
| 8         | 4            | 2021-08-24 22:46:07 | Houston  |
| 4         | 8            | 2021-08-24 22:57:13 | Houston  |  
| 5         | 1            | 2021-08-11 21:28:44 | Houston  |  
| 8         | 3            | 2021-08-17 22:04:15 | Houston  |
| 11        | 3            | 2021-08-17 13:07:00 | New York |
| 8         | 11           | 2021-08-17 14:22:22 | New York |
+-----------+--------------+---------------------+----------+
Output: 
+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| city     | peak_calling_hour | number_of_calls |
+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| Houston  | 22                | 3               |
| New York | 14                | 1               |
| New York | 13                | 1               |
+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
Explanation: 
For Houston:
  - The peak time is 22:00, with a total of 3 calls recorded. 
For New York:
  - Both 13:00 and 14:00 hours have equal call counts of 1, so both times are considered peak hours.
Output table is ordered by peak_calling_hour and city in descending order.

Solutions

Solution 1

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# Write your MySQL query statement below
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;

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