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HackerRank Solutions: No Prefix Set

Problem

There is a given list of strings where each string contains only lowercase letters from , inclusive. The set of strings is said to be a GOOD SET if no string is a prefix of another string. In this case, print GOOD SET. Otherwise, print BAD SET on the first line followed by the string being checked.

Note If two strings are identical, they are prefixes of each other.

Example

Here ‘abcd’ is a prefix of ‘abcde’ and ‘bcd’ is a prefix of ‘bcde’. Since ‘abcde’ is tested first, print

BAD SET  
abcde

No string is a prefix of another so print

GOOD SET 

Function Description
Complete the noPrefix function in the editor below.

noPrefix has the following parameter(s):
– string words[n]: an array of strings

Prints
– string(s): either GOOD SET or BAD SET on one line followed by the word on the next line. No return value is expected.

Input Format
First line contains , the size of .
Then next  lines each contain a string, .

Constraints

 the length of words[i] 
All letters in  are in the range ‘a’ through ‘j’, inclusive.

Sample Input00

STDIN       Function
-----       --------
7            words[] size n = 7
aab          words = ['aab', 'defgab', 'abcde', 'aabcde', 'bbbbbbbbbb', 'jabjjjad']
defgab  
abcde
aabcde
cedaaa
bbbbbbbbbb
jabjjjad

Sample Output00

BAD SET
aabcde

Explanation
‘aab’ is prefix of ‘aabcde’ so it is a BAD SET and fails at string ‘aabcde’.

Sample Input01

4
aab
aac
aacghgh
aabghgh

Sample Output01

BAD SET
aacghgh

Explanation
‘aab’ is a prefix of ‘aabghgh’, and aac’ is prefix of ‘aacghgh’. The set is a BAD SET. ‘aacghgh’ is tested before ‘aabghgh’, so and it fails at ‘aacghgh’.

Solution

#!/bin/python3

import math
import os
import random
import re
import sys

#
# Complete the 'noPrefix' function below.
#
# The function accepts STRING_ARRAY words as parameter.
#

class Node:
    def __init__(self, parent=None, childrean=dict()):
        self.parent = parent
        self.children = childrean
        self.leaf = False

def noPrefix(words):
    # Write your code here
    # make Trie
    root = Node(None)
    for word in words:
        node = root
        prefix = False
        for let in word:
            exists = []
            if let in node.children.keys():
                child = node.children[let]
                exists.append(True)
            else:
                exists.append(False)
                child = Node(node, dict())
                node.children[let] = child
            node = child
            if node.leaf:
                prefix = True
                break
        if prefix | all(exists):
            prefix = True
            break
        node.leaf = True
    if prefix:
        print('BAD SET')
        print(word)
    else:
        print('GOOD SET')
            
    
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    n = int(input().strip())

    words = []

    for _ in range(n):
        words_item = input()
        words.append(words_item)

    noPrefix(words)
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