Code RoomRevenue by calendar month
MediumPrep Room Coding #5043

Revenue by calendar month

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresMid–Senior~11 min

Given `orders` with columns `order_id`, `customer`, `amount`, `status` and `placed`, sum `amount` for each calendar month. Return `month` as a `YYYY-MM` string and `total`, sorted by `month` ascending.

Implement
monthly_total(orders: dataframe) → 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}]}]out[{"month":"2024-01","total":200.5},{"month":"2024-02","total":245.25},{"month":"2024-03","total":75.75}]
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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}]}][{"month":"2024-01","total":200.5},{"month":"2024-02","total":245.25},{"month":"2024-03","total":75.75}]not run yetsample