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Latest order per customer

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresSenior–Staff~13 min

Given `orders` with columns `order_id`, `customer`, `amount`, `status` and `placed`, return the latest order per `customer`, breaking ties on `placed` by the larger `order_id`. Return `customer`, `order_id` and `amount`, sorted by `customer` ascending.

Implement
latest_order(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[{"amount":60,"customer":"ada","order_id":6},{"amount":15.75,"customer":"bo","order_id":5},{"amount":200,"customer":"cy","order_id":4}]
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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}]}][{"amount":60,"customer":"ada","order_id":6},{"amount":15.75,"customer":"bo","order_id":5},{"amount":200,"customer":"cy","order_id":4}]not run yetsample