question
Leetcode 208. Implement Trie (Prefix Tree)
mplement a trie with insert
, search
, and startsWith
methods.
Analysis:
For the trie, we need to apply insert, search, and startWith which is to find the prefix in a string
http://dongxicheng.org/structure/trietree/
http://www.programcreek.com/2014/05/leetcode-implement-trie-prefix-tree-java/
Code
class TrieNode {
// Initialize your data structure here.
char c;
HashMap<Character, TrieNode> children = new HashMap<Character, TrieNode>();
boolean isLeaf;
public TrieNode() {
}
//This is to provide a char to define a trieNode
public TrieNode(char c){
this.c = c;
}
}
public class Trie {
private TrieNode root;
public Trie() {
root = new TrieNode();
}
// Inserts a word into the trie.
public void insert(String word) {
HashMap<Character, TrieNode> children = root.children;
for(int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++){
char c = word.charAt(i);
TrieNode t;
if(children.containsKey(c)){
t = children.get(c);
}
else{
t = new TrieNode(c);
children.put(c,t);
}
children = t.children;
//This is to set the leaf node
if(i == word.length() - 1)
t.isLeaf =true;
}
}
// Returns if the word is in the trie.
public boolean search(String word) {
TrieNode t = searchNode(word);
if(t != null && t.isLeaf)
return true;
else
return false;
}
// Returns if there is any word in the trie
// that starts with the given prefix.
public boolean startsWith(String prefix) {
if(searchNode(prefix) == null)
return false;
else
return true;
}
public TrieNode searchNode(String str){
Map<Character, TrieNode> children = root.children;
TrieNode t = null;
for(int i=0; i<str.length(); i++){
char c = str.charAt(i);
if(children.containsKey(c)){
t = children.get(c);
children = t.children;
}else{
//if it return null, it means that we can not find this word
return null;
}
}
return t;
}
}
// Your Trie object will be instantiated and called as such:
// Trie trie = new Trie();
// trie.insert("somestring");
// trie.search("key");