Replace Words
<p>In English, we have a concept called <strong>root</strong>, which can be followed by some other word to form another longer word - let&#39;s call this word <strong>derivative</strong>. For example, when the <strong>root</strong> <code>&quot;help&quot;</code> is followed by the word <code>&quot;ful&quot;</code>, we can form a derivative <code>&quot;helpful&quot;</code>.</p>

<p>Given a <code>dictionary</code> consisting of many <strong>roots</strong> and a <code>sentence</code> consisting of words separated by spaces, replace all the derivatives in the sentence with the <strong>root</strong> forming it. If a derivative can be replaced by more than one <strong>root</strong>, replace it with the <strong>root</strong> that has <strong>the shortest length</strong>.</p>

<p>Return <em>the <code>sentence</code></em> after the replacement.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> dictionary = [&quot;cat&quot;,&quot;bat&quot;,&quot;rat&quot;], sentence = &quot;the cattle was rattled by the battery&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;the cat was rat by the bat&quot;
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> dictionary = [&quot;a&quot;,&quot;b&quot;,&quot;c&quot;], sentence = &quot;aadsfasf absbs bbab cadsfafs&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;a a b c&quot;
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= dictionary.length &lt;= 1000</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= dictionary[i].length &lt;= 100</code></li>
	<li><code>dictionary[i]</code> consists of only lower-case letters.</li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= sentence.length &lt;= 10<sup>6</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>sentence</code> consists of only lower-case letters and spaces.</li>
	<li>The number of words in <code>sentence</code> is in the range <code>[1, 1000]</code></li>
	<li>The length of each word in <code>sentence</code> is in the range <code>[1, 1000]</code></li>
	<li>Every two consecutive words in <code>sentence</code> will be separated by exactly one space.</li>
	<li><code>sentence</code> does not have leading or trailing spaces.</li>
</ul>
Trie; Array; Hash Table; String
class Trie:
    def __init__(self):
        self.children: List[Trie | None] = [None] * 26
        self.ref: int = -1

    def insert(self, w: str, i: int):
        node = self
        for c in w:
            idx = ord(c) - ord("a")
            if node.children[idx] is None:
                node.children[idx] = Trie()
            node = node.children[idx]
        node.ref = i

    def search(self, w: str) -> int:
        node = self
        for c in w:
            idx = ord(c) - ord("a")
            if node.children[idx] is None:
                return -1
            node = node.children[idx]
            if node.ref != -1:
                return node.ref
        return -1


class Solution:
    def replaceWords(self, dictionary: List[str], sentence: str) -> str:
        trie = Trie()
        for i, w in enumerate(dictionary):
            trie.insert(w, i)
        ans = []
        for w in sentence.split():
            idx = trie.search(w)
            ans.append(dictionary[idx] if idx != -1 else w)
        return " ".join(ans)
