Bold Words in String — LeetCode 758 Python Solution

class Trie:
    def __init__(self):
        self.children = [None] * 128
        self.is_end = False

    def insert(self, word):
        node = self
        for c in word:
            idx = ord(c)
            if node.children[idx] is None:
                node.children[idx] = Trie()
            node = node.children[idx]
        node.is_end = True


class Solution:
    def boldWords(self, words: List[str], s: str) -> str:
        trie = Trie()
        for w in words:
            trie.insert(w)
        n = len(s)
        pairs = []
        for i in range(n):
            node = trie
            for j in range(i, n):
                idx = ord(s[j])
                if node.children[idx] is None:
                    break
                node = node.children[idx]
                if node.is_end:
                    pairs.append([i, j])
        if not pairs:
            return s
        st, ed = pairs[0]
        t = []
        for a, b in pairs[1:]:
            if ed + 1 < a:
                t.append([st, ed])
                st, ed = a, b
            else:
                ed = max(ed, b)
        t.append([st, ed])

        ans = []
        i = j = 0
        while i < n:
            if j == len(t):
                ans.append(s[i:])
                break
            st, ed = t[j]
            if i < st:
                ans.append(s[i:st])
            ans.append('<b>')
            ans.append(s[st : ed + 1])
            ans.append('</b>')
            j += 1
            i = ed + 1

        return ''.join(ans)