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Insertion in a Trie

Explore how to insert words into a trie by handling no common prefix, common prefix, and existing word cases. Understand the C# implementation details and improve skills in efficient string storage and retrieval.

Word insertion

The insertion process is fairly simple. For each character in the key, check if it exists at the position desired. If the character is not present, then insert the corresponding trie node at the correct index in children. While inserting the last node, set the value of isEndWord to true.

There are three primary cases you need to consider during insertion. Let’s discuss them now.

Case 1: No common prefix

In this situation, you want to insert a ...