leetcode-problemset/leetcode/problem/design-add-and-search-words-data-structure.html

<p>Design a data structure that supports adding new words and finding if a string matches any previously added string.</p>

<p>Implement the <code>WordDictionary</code> class:</p>

<ul>
	<li><code>WordDictionary()</code>&nbsp;Initializes the object.</li>
	<li><code>void addWord(word)</code> Adds <code>word</code> to the data structure, it can be matched later.</li>
	<li><code>bool search(word)</code>&nbsp;Returns <code>true</code> if there is any string in the data structure that matches <code>word</code>&nbsp;or <code>false</code> otherwise. <code>word</code> may contain dots <code>&#39;.&#39;</code> where dots can be matched with any letter.</li>
</ul>

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<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>

<pre>
<strong>Input</strong>
[&quot;WordDictionary&quot;,&quot;addWord&quot;,&quot;addWord&quot;,&quot;addWord&quot;,&quot;search&quot;,&quot;search&quot;,&quot;search&quot;,&quot;search&quot;]
[[],[&quot;bad&quot;],[&quot;dad&quot;],[&quot;mad&quot;],[&quot;pad&quot;],[&quot;bad&quot;],[&quot;.ad&quot;],[&quot;b..&quot;]]
<strong>Output</strong>
[null,null,null,null,false,true,true,true]

<strong>Explanation</strong>
WordDictionary wordDictionary = new WordDictionary();
wordDictionary.addWord(&quot;bad&quot;);
wordDictionary.addWord(&quot;dad&quot;);
wordDictionary.addWord(&quot;mad&quot;);
wordDictionary.search(&quot;pad&quot;); // return False
wordDictionary.search(&quot;bad&quot;); // return True
wordDictionary.search(&quot;.ad&quot;); // return True
wordDictionary.search(&quot;b..&quot;); // return True
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= word.length &lt;= 25</code></li>
	<li><code>word</code> in <code>addWord</code> consists of lowercase English letters.</li>
	<li><code>word</code> in <code>search</code> consist of <code>&#39;.&#39;</code> or lowercase English letters.</li>
	<li>There will be at most <code>3</code> dots in <code>word</code> for <code>search</code> queries.</li>
	<li>At most <code>10<sup>4</sup></code> calls will be made to <code>addWord</code> and <code>search</code>.</li>
</ul>