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Problem: Search Suggestions System

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30 min
Explore how to design a search suggestions system that suggests up to three product names sharing a common prefix with each typed character. Learn to implement efficient trie structures to optimize prefix matching and return lexicographically ordered suggestions in real time.

Statement

Given an array of strings called products and a word to search, design a system that, when each character of the searched word is typed, suggests at most three product names from products. Suggested products should share a common prefix with the searched word. If more than three products exist with a common prefix, return the three product names that appear first in lexicographical order.

Return the suggested products, which will be a list of lists after each character of searched word is typed.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq products.length 1000\leq 1000
  • 11 \leq products[i].length 3000\leq 3000
  • 11 \leq sum(products[i].length) 2×103\leq 2 \times 10^3
  • All the strings of products are unique.
  • products[i] consists of lowercase English letters.
  • 11 \leq searched word.length 1000\leq 1000
  • The searched word consists of lowercase English letters.
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Problem: Search Suggestions System

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30 min
Explore how to design a search suggestions system that suggests up to three product names sharing a common prefix with each typed character. Learn to implement efficient trie structures to optimize prefix matching and return lexicographically ordered suggestions in real time.

Statement

Given an array of strings called products and a word to search, design a system that, when each character of the searched word is typed, suggests at most three product names from products. Suggested products should share a common prefix with the searched word. If more than three products exist with a common prefix, return the three product names that appear first in lexicographical order.

Return the suggested products, which will be a list of lists after each character of searched word is typed.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq products.length 1000\leq 1000
  • 11 \leq products[i].length 3000\leq 3000
  • 11 \leq sum(products[i].length) 2×103\leq 2 \times 10^3
  • All the strings of products are unique.
  • products[i] consists of lowercase English letters.
  • 11 \leq searched word.length 1000\leq 1000
  • The searched word consists of lowercase English letters.