END = "#" class Trie: def __init__(self): self._trie = {} def insert_word(self, text): trie = self._trie for char in text: if char not in trie: trie[char] = {} trie = trie[char] trie[END] = True def find_word(self, prefix): trie = self._trie for char in prefix: if char in trie: trie = trie[char] else: return [] return self._elements(trie) def _elements(self, d): result = [] for c, v in d.items(): if c == END: subresult = [" "] else: subresult = [c + s for s in self._elements(v)] result.extend(subresult) return tuple(result) trie = Trie() words = ("depart", "detergent", "daring", "dog", "deer", "deal") for word in words: trie.insert_word(word) def autocomplete_using_trie(s): """ >>> trie = Trie() >>> for word in words: ... trie.insert_word(word) ... >>> matches = autocomplete_using_trie("de") "detergent " in matches True "dog " in matches False """ suffixes = trie.find_word(s) return tuple(s + w for w in suffixes) def main(): print(autocomplete_using_trie("de")) if __name__ == "__main__": main()