Code RoomFilter orders by customer list
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Filter orders by customer list

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresMid–Senior~7 min

Given `orders` with columns `order_id`, `customer`, `amount`, `status` and `placed`, and a list of customer names, return the orders placed by any of them. Return only `order_id` and `customer`, sorted by `order_id` ascending.

Implement
orders_from(orders: dataframe, names: list[str]) → dataframe
Examples
in[{"__df__":[{"amount":120.5,"placed":"2024-01-05","status":"paid","customer":"ada","order_id":1},{"amount":80,"placed":"2024-01-07","status":"refunded","customer":"bo","order_id":2},{"amount":45.25,"placed":"2024-02-11","status":"paid","customer":"ada","order_id":3},{"amount":200,"placed":"2024-02-14","status":"paid","customer":"cy","order_id":4},{"amount":15.75,"placed":"2024-03-02","status":"pending","customer":"bo","order_id":5},{"amount":60,"placed":"2024-03-19","status":"paid","customer":"ada","order_id":6}]},["ada","cy"]]out[{"customer":"ada","order_id":1},{"customer":"ada","order_id":3},{"customer":"cy","order_id":4},{"customer":"ada","order_id":6}]
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InputExpectedGot
[{"__df__":[{"amount":120.5,"placed":"2024-01-05","status":"paid","customer":"ada","order_id":1},{"amount":80,"placed":"2024-01-07","status":"refunded","customer":"bo","order_id":2},{"amount":45.25,"placed":"2024-02-11","status":"paid","customer":"ada","order_id":3},{"amount":200,"placed":"2024-02-14","status":"paid","customer":"cy","order_id":4},{"amount":15.75,"placed":"2024-03-02","status":"pending","customer":"bo","order_id":5},{"amount":60,"placed":"2024-03-19","status":"paid","customer":"ada","order_id":6}]},["ada","cy"]][{"customer":"ada","order_id":1},{"customer":"ada","order_id":3},{"customer":"cy","order_id":4},{"customer":"ada","order_id":6}]not run yetsample