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trie.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Original Perl module: Regexp::Trie
# Original Copyright (C) 2006 by Dan Kogai
#
# This Python translation is a derivative work based on Regexp::Trie
# Copyright (c) 2010 by rex
# Copyright (c) 2017 by fcicq, atiking and EricDuminil

# This Python code is licensed under the Artistic License 2.0 (AL2.0).
# A copy of the Artistic License 2.0 can be found at:
# https://opensource.org/licenses/Artistic-2.0
#
# Original source: https://metacpan.org/pod/Regexp::Trie
#
#author:         rex
#blog:           http://iregex.org
#filename        trie.py
#created:        2010-08-01 20:24
#source uri:     http://iregex.org/blog/trie-in-python.html

# escape bug fix by fcicq @ 2012.8.19
# python3 compatible by EricDuminil @ 2017.03.

import re


class Trie():
    """Regexp::Trie in python. Creates a Trie out of a list of words. The trie can be exported to a Regexp pattern.
    The corresponding Regexp should match much faster than a simple Regexp union."""

    def __init__(self):
        self.data = {}

    def add(self, word):
        ref = self.data
        for char in word:
            ref[char] = char in ref and ref[char] or {}
            ref = ref[char]
        ref[''] = 1

    def dump(self):
        return self.data

    def quote(self, char):
        return re.escape(char)

    def _pattern(self, pData):
        data = pData
        if "" in data and len(data.keys()) == 1:
            return None

        alt = []
        cc = []
        q = 0
        for char in sorted(data.keys()):
            if isinstance(data[char], dict):
                try:
                    recurse = self._pattern(data[char])
                    alt.append(self.quote(char) + recurse)
                except:
                    cc.append(self.quote(char))
            else:
                q = 1
        cconly = not len(alt) > 0

        if len(cc) > 0:
            if len(cc) == 1:
                alt.append(cc[0])
            else:
                alt.append('[' + ''.join(cc) + ']')

        if len(alt) == 1:
            result = alt[0]
        else:
            result = "(?:" + "|".join(alt) + ")"

        if q:
            if cconly:
                result += "?"
            else:
                result = "(?:%s)?" % result
        return result

    def pattern(self):
        return self._pattern(self.dump())


if __name__ == '__main__':
    t = Trie()

    for w in ['foobar', 'foobah', 'fooxar', 'foozap', 'fooza']:
        t.add(w)
    print(t.pattern())
    #=> "foo(?:ba[hr]|xar|zap?)"

@Yoric maybe this helps: https://github.com/ddelange/retrie/blob/0.1.2/src/retrie/trie.py#L44