Implement Trie (Prefix Tree)
Problem
Implement a trie with insert, search, and startsWith methods.
Example
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Trie trie = new Trie();
trie.insert("apple");
trie.search("apple"); // returns true
trie.search("app"); // returns false
trie.startsWith("app"); // returns true
trie.insert("app");
trie.search("app"); // returns true
Note
- You may assume that all inputs are consist of lowercase letters
a-z - All inputs are guaranteed to be non-empty strings
My Answer
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class TrieNode {
public boolean is_leaf;
TrieNode[] children = new TrieNode[26];
boolean containsKey(char c) {
return children[c - 'a'] != null;
}
TrieNode get(char c) {
return children[c - 'a'];
}
void put(char c, TrieNode node) {
children[c - 'a'] = node;
}
}
class Trie {
TrieNode m_root;
/** Initialize your data structure here. */
public Trie() {
m_root = new TrieNode();
}
/** Inserts a word into the trie. */
public void insert(String word) {
TrieNode cur = m_root;
for(char c : word.toCharArray()) {
if ( !cur.containsKey(c)) {
cur.put(c, new TrieNode());
}
cur = cur.get(c);
}
cur.is_leaf = true;
}
/** Returns if the word is in the trie. */
public boolean search(String word) {
TrieNode cur = m_root;
for(char c : word.toCharArray()) {
if ( !cur.containsKey(c))
return false;
cur = cur.get(c);
}
return cur.is_leaf;
}
/** Returns if there is any word in the trie that starts with the given prefix. */
public boolean startsWith(String prefix) {
TrieNode cur = m_root;
for(char c : prefix.toCharArray()) {
if ( !cur.containsKey(c))
return false;
cur = cur.get(c);
}
return true;
}
}
/**
* Your Trie object will be instantiated and called as such:
* Trie obj = new Trie();
* obj.insert(word);
* boolean param_2 = obj.search(word);
* boolean param_3 = obj.startsWith(prefix);
*/