Summarizing subsets

Intermediate SQL

Jasmin Ludolf

Data Science Content Developer, DataCamp

Using WHERE with aggregate functions

SELECT AVG(budget) AS avg_budget
FROM films
WHERE release_year >= 2010;
|avg_budget          |
|--------------------|
|41072235.18324607...|
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Using WHERE with aggregate functions

SELECT SUM(budget) AS sum_budget
FROM films
WHERE release_year = 2010;
|sum_budget|
|----------|
|8942365000|
SELECT MIN(budget) AS min_budget
FROM films
WHERE release_year = 2010;
|min_budget|
|----------|
|65000     |
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Using WHERE with aggregate functions

SELECT MAX(budget) AS max_budget
FROM films
WHERE release_year = 2010;
|max_budget|
|----------|
|600000000 |
SELECT COUNT(budget) AS count_budget
FROM films
WHERE release_year = 2010;
|count_budget|
|------------|
|194         |
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ROUND()

  • Round a number to a specified decimal
SELECT AVG(budget) AS avg_budget
FROM films
WHERE release_year >= 2010;
|avg_budget          |
|--------------------|
|41072235.18324607...|

ROUND(number_to_round, decimal_places)

SELECT ROUND(AVG(budget), 2) AS avg_budget
FROM films
WHERE release_year >= 2010;
|avg_budget |
|-----------|
|41072235.18|
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ROUND() to a whole number

SELECT ROUND(AVG(budget)) AS avg_budget
FROM films
WHERE release_year >= 2010;
|avg_budget|
|----------|
|41072235  |
SELECT ROUND(AVG(budget), 0) AS avg_budget
FROM films
WHERE release_year >= 2010;
|avg_budget|
|----------|
|41072235  |
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ROUND() using a negative parameter

SELECT ROUND(AVG(budget), -5) AS avg_budget
FROM films
WHERE release_year >= 2010;
|avg_budget|
|----------|
|41100000  |
  • Numerical fields only
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