Fast Trie structure implementation with matching feature. Best suited for autocompletion!
npm install triematch
- Very fast
get
andmatch
(aka matching) functions - Straightforward
API
based onMap
- No dependencies
- Very tiny
- Browser compatible (via e.g.
webpack
)
Checkout changelog
I call it Store
because it is essentially a store like Map
but its algorithm is different. Basically it stores each char in a separate node that has reference to the next node with char and so on and so forth. In addition to that it has table with keys pointing to the nodes with values so something like get
function happens to perform as fast as getting property of the plain Object
.
const Store = require('triematch')
const store = new Store()
Then we can add things to the store
store.set('Michael Joseph', '#8')
store.set('Michael Jones', 888)
store.set('Michael Joneson', { score: 512 })
store.set('Michael Jacobs', [5, 5, 4, 7])
store.set('Michael Jackson', () => 'Moonwalk')
You can use match
function which is similar to the String.prototype.match
but in a way that it uses Trie
structure to get every possible item that matches query
assert(store.match('M').length === 5)
assert(store.match('Michael').length === 5)
assert(store.match('Michael Jones').length === 2) // Jones and Joneson
// As a result there will be at least empty array anyway
assert(store.match('foo').length === 0)
Or you can use plain old get
function to get exactly that item that was inserted by
this key
before
assert(store.get('Michael Joseph') === '#8')
assert(store.get('Michael Jones') === 888)
assert(store.get('Michael Joneson').score === 512)
assert.deepEqual(store.get('Michael Jacobs'), [5, 5, 4, 7])
assert(store.get('Michael Jackson')() === 'Moonwalk')
assert(store.get('Michael') === null)