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Thodoris Kouleris
Thodoris Kouleris

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Data Structures #3: Trie

The Tie data structure promotes the easiest way to search a prefix of a word or words, spell checking and autocomplete.It's a Tree like data structure that each node represents a character and has a dictionary of children nodes.

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Michael Liang •

Great post and portfolio.

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Dotallio •

Tries make autocomplete so much faster and smoother, especially when handling big word lists. Have you tried integrating a Trie with any AI-powered suggestions yet?