一、题目描述
Given a table salary
, such as the one below, that has m=male and f=female values. Swap all f and m values (i.e., change all f values to m and vice versa) with a single update query and no intermediate temp table.
| id | name | sex | salary |
|----|------|-----|--------|
| 1 | A | m | 2500 |
| 2 | B | f | 1500 |
| 3 | C | m | 5500 |
| 4 | D | f | 500 |
After running your query, the above salary table should have the following rows:
| id | name | sex | salary |
|----|------|-----|--------|
| 1 | A | f | 2500 |
| 2 | B | m | 1500 |
| 3 | C | f | 5500 |
| 4 | D | m | 500 |
思路:这道题有个思路厉害了,采用异或的方式,将sex = sex ^ 'f' ^ 'm',因为f ^ f = 0,m^m=0,所以第一份代码如下:
update salary set sex = CHAR(ASCII('m') ^ ASCII('f') ^ ASCII(sex))
这种思路可以应用到所有进行交换的题的中!!
常规思路代码:
update salary set sex = (CASE WHEN sex = 'f'
THEN 'm'
ELSE 'f'
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