Deletion in Trie
After insertion and search, let's figure out the logic behind deletion in tries.
Deleting a Word in a Trie #
While deleting a node, we need to make sure that the node that we are trying to delete does not have any further child branches. If there are no branches, then we can easily remove the node.
However, if the node contains child branches, this opens up a few scenarios which we will cover below.
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