Class WordDictionary


  • public class WordDictionary
    extends Object
    211 - Design Add and Search Words Data Structure.

    Medium

    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) Adds word to the data structure, it can be matched later.
    • bool search(word) Returns true if there is any string in the data structure that matches word or false otherwise. word may 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 <= 500
    • word in addWord consists lower-case English letters.
    • word in search consist of '.' or lower-case English letters.
    • At most 50000 calls will be made to addWord and search.
    • Constructor Detail

      • WordDictionary

        public WordDictionary()
    • Method Detail

      • addWord

        public void addWord​(String word)
      • search

        public boolean search​(String word)