Implement Trie (Prefix Tree)

Explore how to implement a trie, a prefix tree data structure used to store strings efficiently. Learn to build insert, search, and prefix search functions and understand their role in quick string operations. This lesson helps you develop a clear approach to working with tries in coding interviews.

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Trie is a tree-like data structure used to store strings. The tries are also called prefix trees because they provide very efficient prefix-matching operations. Implement a trie data structure with three functions that perform the following tasks:

Insert (word): This inserts a word into the trie.
Search (word): This searches the given word in the trie and returns TRUE, if found. Otherwise, return FALSE.
Search prefix (prefix): This searches the given prefix in the trie and returns TRUE, if found. Otherwise, return FALSE.

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