leetcode-problemset/leetcode/problem/group-sold-products-by-the-date.html

<p>Table <code>Activities</code>:</p>

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+-------------+---------+
| Column Name | Type    |
+-------------+---------+
| sell_date   | date    |
| product     | varchar |
+-------------+---------+
There is no primary key for this table, it may contain duplicates.
Each row of this table contains the product name and the date it was sold in a market.
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<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Write an SQL query to find for each date the number of different products sold and their names.</p>

<p>The sold products names for each date should be sorted lexicographically.</p>

<p>Return the result table ordered by <code>sell_date</code>.</p>

<p>The query result format is in the following example.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> 
Activities table:
+------------+------------+
| sell_date  | product     |
+------------+------------+
| 2020-05-30 | Headphone  |
| 2020-06-01 | Pencil     |
| 2020-06-02 | Mask       |
| 2020-05-30 | Basketball |
| 2020-06-01 | Bible      |
| 2020-06-02 | Mask       |
| 2020-05-30 | T-Shirt    |
+------------+------------+
<strong>Output:</strong> 
+------------+----------+------------------------------+
| sell_date  | num_sold | products                     |
+------------+----------+------------------------------+
| 2020-05-30 | 3        | Basketball,Headphone,T-shirt |
| 2020-06-01 | 2        | Bible,Pencil                 |
| 2020-06-02 | 1        | Mask                         |
+------------+----------+------------------------------+
<strong>Explanation:</strong> 
For 2020-05-30, Sold items were (Headphone, Basketball, T-shirt), we sort them lexicographically and separate them by a comma.
For 2020-06-01, Sold items were (Pencil, Bible), we sort them lexicographically and separate them by a comma.
For 2020-06-02, the Sold item is (Mask), we just return it.
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