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pset5 root node defitnion (trie)

It's actually a simple fix. Since it's something that you would either know or not know, here it is. You declare the pointer variable as a global outside of a function, but you malloc space for it ...
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pset5 trie: What is the boolean-data value in the root node if the dictionary has one-letter words?

The trie starts at one root node. This node will always have the is_word bool as false because the root node doesn't actually represent a letter. For a one letter word, say a, you would first move one ...
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