Medium
,String
,DFS
,Trie
211. Design Add and Search Words Data Structure
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 1:
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:
word.length
<= 25word
in addWord
consists of lowercase English letters.word
in search
consist of '.'
or lowercase English letters.word
for search
queries.addWord
and search
.