trie.js

class Trie {
  constructor(val) {
    this.val = val;
    this.children = {};
    this.isWord = false;
  }

  /**
   * Insert word into trie and mark last element as such.
   * @param {string} word
   * @return {undefined}
   */
  insert(word) {
    let curr = this;

    for (const char of word) {
      curr.children[char] = curr.children[char] || new Trie(char);
      curr = curr.children[char];
    }

    curr.isWord = true;
  }

  /**
   * Return true if found the word to be removed, otherwise false.
   * @param {string} word - The word to remove
   * @returns {boolean}
   */
  remove(word) {
    let curr = this;
    // let lastWordToKeep = 0;
    const stack = [curr];

    // find word and stack path
    for (const char of word) {
      if (!curr.children[char]) { return false; }
      // lastWordToKeep += 1;
      curr = curr.children[char];
      stack.push(curr);
    }

    let child = stack.pop();
    child.isWord = false;

    // remove non words without children
    while (stack.length) {
      const parent = stack.pop();
      if (!child.isWord && !Object.keys(child.children).length) {
        delete parent.children[child.val];
      }
      child = parent;
    }

    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Retun last node that matches word or prefix or false if not found.
   * @param {string} word - Word to search.
   * @param {boolean} options.partial - Whether or not match partial matches.
   * @return {Trie|false}
   */
  searchNode(word) {
    let curr = this;

    for (const char of word) {
      if (!curr.children[char]) { return false; }
      curr = curr.children[char];
    }

    return curr;
  }

  /**
   * Search for complete word (by default) or partial if flag is set.
   * @param {string} word - Word to search.
   * @param {boolean} options.partial - Whether or not match partial matches.
   * @return {boolean}
   */
  search(word, { partial } = {}) {
    const curr = this.searchNode(word);
    if (!curr) { return false; }
    return partial ? true : curr.isWord;
  }

  /**
   * Return true if any word on the trie starts with the given prefix
   * @param {string} prefix - Partial word to search.
   * @return {boolean}
   */
  startsWith(prefix) {
    return this.search(prefix, { partial: true });
  }

  /**
   * Returns all the words from the current `node`.
   * Uses backtracking.
   *
   * @param {string} prefix - The prefix to append to each word.
   * @param {string} node - Current node to start backtracking.
   */
  getAllWords(prefix = '', node = this) {
    let words = [];

    if (!node) { return words; }
    if (node.isWord) {
      words.push(prefix);
    }

    for (const char of Object.keys(node.children)) {
      const newWords = this.getAllWords(`${prefix}${char}`, node.children[char]);
      words = words.concat(newWords);
    }

    return words;
  }

  /**
   * Return a list of words matching the prefix
   * @param {*} prefix - The prefix to match.
   * @returns {string[]}
   */
  autocomplete(prefix = '') {
    const curr = this.searchNode(prefix);
    return this.getAllWords(prefix, curr);
  }
}

// Aliases
Trie.prototype.add = Trie.prototype.insert;

module.exports = Trie;