【LeetCode】211. Add and Search Word - Data structure design

class TrieNode
{
public:
    TrieNode* children[26];
    bool end;
    TrieNode()
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < 26; i ++)
            children[i] = NULL;
        end = false;
    }
};

class WordDictionary {
public:
    WordDictionary()
    {
        root = new TrieNode();
    }
    
    // Adds a word into the data structure.
    void addWord(string word) {
        TrieNode* cur = root;
        int i = 0;
        while(i < word.size() && cur->children[word[i]-‘a‘] != NULL)
        {
            cur = cur->children[word[i]-‘a‘];
            i ++;
        }
        if(i == word.size())
            cur->end = true;
        else
        {
            while(i < word.size())
            {
                cur->children[word[i]-‘a‘] = new TrieNode();
                cur = cur->children[word[i]-‘a‘];
                i ++;
            }
            cur->end = true;
        }
    }

    // Returns if the word is in the data structure. A word could
    // contain the dot character ‘.‘ to represent any one letter.
    bool search(string word) {
        return search(word, root);
    }
    
    bool search(string word, TrieNode* cur)
    {
        if(cur == NULL)
            return false;
        else if(word == "")
            return (cur->end == true);
        else
        {
            if(word[0] != ‘.‘)
            {
                if(cur->children[word[0]-‘a‘] == NULL)
                    return false;
                else
                    return search(word.substr(1), cur->children[word[0]-‘a‘]);
            }
            else
            {
                for(int i = 0; i < 26; i ++)
                {
                    if(search(word.substr(1), cur->children[i]))
                        return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
    
    TrieNode* root;
};

// Your WordDictionary object will be instantiated and called as such:
// WordDictionary wordDictionary;
// wordDictionary.addWord("word");
// wordDictionary.search("pattern");