211. Design Add and Search Words Data Structure
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Design a data structure that supports adding new words and finding if a string matches any previously added string.
Implement the WordDictionary class:
WordDictionary()Initializes the object.void addWord(word)Addswordto the data structure, it can be matched later.bool search(word)Returnstrueif there is any string in the data structure that matcheswordorfalseotherwise.wordmay contain dots'.'where dots can be matched with any letter.
Example:
Input
["WordDictionary","addWord","addWord","addWord","search","search","search","search"]
[[],["bad"],["dad"],["mad"],["pad"],["bad"],[".ad"],["b.."]]
Output
[null,null,null,null,false,true,true,true]
Explanation
WordDictionary wordDictionary = new WordDictionary();
wordDictionary.addWord("bad");
wordDictionary.addWord("dad");
wordDictionary.addWord("mad");
wordDictionary.search("pad"); // return False
wordDictionary.search("bad"); // return True
wordDictionary.search(".ad"); // return True
wordDictionary.search("b.."); // return True
Constraints:
1 <= word.length <= 25wordinaddWordconsists of lowercase English letters.wordinsearchconsist of'.'or lowercase English letters.- There will be at most
2dots inwordforsearchqueries. - At most
104calls will be made toaddWordandsearch.
Hints
Hint 1
You should be familiar with how a Trie works. If not, please work on this problem: Implement Trie (Prefix Tree) first.