[med-svn] [r-cran-triebeard] 02/05: New upstream version 0.3.0

Andreas Tille tille at debian.org
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commit 3c09ebe11139707d6e5d2c0b5f37f134a2232d64
Author: Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>
Date:   Thu Nov 30 13:46:40 2017 +0100

    New upstream version 0.3.0
---
 DESCRIPTION                            |  23 ++
 LICENSE                                |   2 +
 MD5                                    |  53 ++++
 NAMESPACE                              |  49 ++++
 NEWS                                   |  31 ++
 R/RcppExports.R                        | 163 +++++++++++
 R/alter.R                              |  93 ++++++
 R/as.R                                 |  18 ++
 R/create.R                             |  52 ++++
 R/get.R                                |  65 +++++
 R/match.R                              | 141 ++++++++++
 R/metadata.R                           |  46 +++
 R/triebeard.R                          |  10 +
 README.md                              |  36 +++
 build/vignette.rds                     | Bin 0 -> 224 bytes
 debian/README.test                     |   8 -
 debian/changelog                       |   5 -
 debian/compat                          |   1 -
 debian/control                         |  26 --
 debian/copyright                       |  32 ---
 debian/docs                            |   3 -
 debian/rules                           |   5 -
 debian/source/format                   |   1 -
 debian/tests/control                   |   5 -
 debian/tests/run-unit-test             |  17 --
 debian/watch                           |   2 -
 inst/doc/r_radix.R                     |  72 +++++
 inst/doc/r_radix.Rmd                   | 122 ++++++++
 inst/doc/r_radix.html                  | 173 ++++++++++++
 inst/doc/rcpp_radix.R                  |  40 +++
 inst/doc/rcpp_radix.Rmd                |  82 ++++++
 inst/doc/rcpp_radix.html               | 142 ++++++++++
 inst/include/radix.h                   |   1 +
 inst/include/radix/radix_tree.hpp      | 498 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 inst/include/radix/radix_tree_it.hpp   | 107 +++++++
 inst/include/radix/radix_tree_node.hpp |  53 ++++
 man/alter.Rd                           |  43 +++
 man/getters.Rd                         |  23 ++
 man/greedy_match.Rd                    |  35 +++
 man/longest_match.Rd                   |  31 ++
 man/prefix_match.Rd                    |  35 +++
 man/trie.Rd                            |  36 +++
 man/triebeard.Rd                       |  12 +
 src/Makevars                           |   1 +
 src/RcppExports.cpp                    | 463 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/alter.cpp                          |  93 ++++++
 src/create.cpp                         |  28 ++
 src/get.cpp                            |  58 ++++
 src/greedy_match.cpp                   |  56 ++++
 src/length.cpp                         |  30 ++
 src/longest_match.cpp                  |  50 ++++
 src/prefix_match.cpp                   |  56 ++++
 src/r_trie.h                           |  83 ++++++
 src/str.cpp                            | 138 +++++++++
 src/typedef.h                          |  16 ++
 tests/testthat.R                       |   4 +
 tests/testthat/test_alter.R            |  57 ++++
 tests/testthat/test_convert.R          |  21 ++
 tests/testthat/test_create.R           |  30 ++
 tests/testthat/test_get.R              |  29 ++
 tests/testthat/test_greedy.R           |  41 +++
 tests/testthat/test_longest.R          |  29 ++
 tests/testthat/test_prefix.R           |  50 ++++
 vignettes/r_radix.Rmd                  | 122 ++++++++
 vignettes/rcpp_radix.Rmd               |  82 ++++++
 65 files changed, 3824 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Package: triebeard
+Type: Package
+Title: 'Radix' Trees in 'Rcpp'
+Version: 0.3.0
+Author: Oliver Keyes [aut, cre], Drew Schmidt [aut], Yuuki Takano [cph]
+Maintainer: Oliver Keyes <ironholds at gmail.com>
+Description: 'Radix trees', or 'tries', are key-value data structures optimised for efficient lookups, similar in purpose
+             to hash tables. 'triebeard' provides an implementation of 'radix trees' for use in R programming and in
+             developing packages with 'Rcpp'.
+License: MIT + file LICENSE
+LazyData: TRUE
+LinkingTo: Rcpp
+Imports: Rcpp
+RoxygenNote: 5.0.1
+Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, testthat
+VignetteBuilder: knitr
+URL: https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/
+BugReports: https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/issues
+Date: 2016-08-03
+NeedsCompilation: yes
+Packaged: 2016-08-03 21:32:42 UTC; ironholds
+Repository: CRAN
+Date/Publication: 2016-08-04 00:57:37
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1217519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+YEAR: 2016
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER: Oliver Keyes
diff --git a/MD5 b/MD5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7cac7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MD5
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+9023c4e6b78b5f293f3b4a5deda63658 *DESCRIPTION
+f94cca6b956b73bb59133806bf8630ed *LICENSE
+381bb68bc39e29d78751ed3a23d1e294 *NAMESPACE
+562c97b7461f0633162f51bf069dde04 *NEWS
+e6680aff516001a7f35a0a8d8a6ee08f *R/RcppExports.R
+6b8c5820078e558fed74ac9abde562d4 *R/alter.R
+896e6c1354e06b438613b8bb0102aa82 *R/as.R
+697b7a8fdaff92effd3d888bc8488548 *R/create.R
+da099d8106bd5e288145f294938b44b1 *R/get.R
+1536d13d83bc75c5b1051cd496288ad5 *R/match.R
+ffbddee925213dc0f96f435e1ac57e37 *R/metadata.R
+0b7942e6e1f579a016a4a9460b077465 *R/triebeard.R
+f277730d740739a3dcd52afdb78bcc55 *README.md
+4afef02ab2a0dcc9046acac6acad44f7 *build/vignette.rds
+7ea9df0d8f6b68c39a1a7f779777c07d *inst/doc/r_radix.R
+1724dac3c8942746078c278ae7a0e682 *inst/doc/r_radix.Rmd
+5cfbc4d40b2cfb8e9267a7885576c9a9 *inst/doc/r_radix.html
+d2a945ffc638ce79f3279132bae1d555 *inst/doc/rcpp_radix.R
+0c0cb935a3f5e8c8d89f47aaa9da4857 *inst/doc/rcpp_radix.Rmd
+e19f6bda8ae1d0b78144ac7582c686bd *inst/doc/rcpp_radix.html
+5d7986ce0d8af2be83ef21f2567aec01 *inst/include/radix.h
+88d53ac341ef6cd3de95d9fc08c300d4 *inst/include/radix/radix_tree.hpp
+95a4bd770c142b6e2d385520db079616 *inst/include/radix/radix_tree_it.hpp
+51cc663dd5e66c53629dd472f3010343 *inst/include/radix/radix_tree_node.hpp
+4ee34b1a35ef816c0c24906e7ced9c40 *man/alter.Rd
+a216fd245b29c517158c009529eaa119 *man/getters.Rd
+2b6725804a7d199b82fde933e37e3be6 *man/greedy_match.Rd
+eab84d123bf25cbc86e5fb02942941ad *man/longest_match.Rd
+aa1939ddac0c0c1e02ede7e70ce7c346 *man/prefix_match.Rd
+58acf216d9f0575c1045ad971515fe01 *man/trie.Rd
+fffaff8757543bc5d6d1bcd58f8622cb *man/triebeard.Rd
+a4791667d570aa373d3accd2c0342f70 *src/Makevars
+f5f4205e4fb0e33e147915abb3992a09 *src/RcppExports.cpp
+5ee232743bdd76ee685f76d63a87f29c *src/alter.cpp
+03602e2613ad2a39164a3ebb546160fe *src/create.cpp
+27d4379b5184abfdeed8bbf4517f5390 *src/get.cpp
+5723fe9f3174c8702e999c77285c27ae *src/greedy_match.cpp
+289a0cb64a67563d44a3043f13bd976b *src/length.cpp
+b521a66e5a98c2f5d202f80f82ae9f50 *src/longest_match.cpp
+f523dd303b2714f0d237b94bb127e36d *src/prefix_match.cpp
+ff3819918299a03be89550c3d0216dbd *src/r_trie.h
+e8e1a1e438ce94018046f61819e269b3 *src/str.cpp
+0ce9673389a6629661d5cb3c771ce283 *src/typedef.h
+1924dd7d9fc0a96bd905e1505fed3c17 *tests/testthat.R
+e97eaea72cb061e52763587e46a40cf2 *tests/testthat/test_alter.R
+4625183c39080e1110621d2a69dca991 *tests/testthat/test_convert.R
+cc491a0f239228a9767f802806e68ac3 *tests/testthat/test_create.R
+b7aea82f87079307342cd8207b08177e *tests/testthat/test_get.R
+47648bfd8332d9b3ebe96c73e29d7aae *tests/testthat/test_greedy.R
+849b8fc4c248337974d3e06f87ae81ae *tests/testthat/test_longest.R
+d754bb22a652c8ba92de00764268b19b *tests/testthat/test_prefix.R
+1724dac3c8942746078c278ae7a0e682 *vignettes/r_radix.Rmd
+0c0cb935a3f5e8c8d89f47aaa9da4857 *vignettes/rcpp_radix.Rmd
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
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index 0000000..94852ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NAMESPACE
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+# Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+
+S3method(as.data.frame,trie)
+S3method(as.list,trie)
+S3method(dim,trie)
+S3method(get_keys,integer_trie)
+S3method(get_keys,logical_trie)
+S3method(get_keys,numeric_trie)
+S3method(get_keys,string_trie)
+S3method(get_values,integer_trie)
+S3method(get_values,logical_trie)
+S3method(get_values,numeric_trie)
+S3method(get_values,string_trie)
+S3method(greedy_match,integer_trie)
+S3method(greedy_match,logical_trie)
+S3method(greedy_match,numeric_trie)
+S3method(greedy_match,string_trie)
+S3method(length,integer_trie)
+S3method(length,logical_trie)
+S3method(length,numeric_trie)
+S3method(length,string_trie)
+S3method(longest_match,integer_trie)
+S3method(longest_match,logical_trie)
+S3method(longest_match,numeric_trie)
+S3method(longest_match,string_trie)
+S3method(prefix_match,integer_trie)
+S3method(prefix_match,logical_trie)
+S3method(prefix_match,numeric_trie)
+S3method(prefix_match,string_trie)
+S3method(print,trie)
+S3method(str,trie)
+S3method(trie_add,integer_trie)
+S3method(trie_add,logical_trie)
+S3method(trie_add,numeric_trie)
+S3method(trie_add,string_trie)
+S3method(trie_remove,integer_trie)
+S3method(trie_remove,logical_trie)
+S3method(trie_remove,numeric_trie)
+S3method(trie_remove,string_trie)
+export(get_keys)
+export(get_values)
+export(greedy_match)
+export(longest_match)
+export(prefix_match)
+export(trie)
+export(trie_add)
+export(trie_remove)
+importFrom(Rcpp,sourceCpp)
+useDynLib(triebeard)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS
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+Version 0.3.0
+=================================
+
+DEVELOPMENT
+
+* Internal refactoring using templates has drastically reduced the size of the codebase
+
+Version 0.2.1
+=================================
+BUG FIXES
+* Fixed segfault when `trie_remove()` resulted in a 0 element trie.
+
+Version 0.2.0
+=================================
+FEATURES
+
+* tries can now be converted into lists and data.frames
+* We now have str() and print() methods! That's nice.
+* create_trie() renamed trie()
+
+BUGS
+* Haven't found any. Probably means they're lurking around and particularly nasty.
+
+DEVELOPMENT
+* greedy and prefix matching should now be (slightly) faster.
+* Installed size has been slightly reduced, and the C++ code simplifed.
+
+Version 0.1.0
+=================================
+
+* Initial, GitHub-centred release
diff --git a/R/RcppExports.R b/R/RcppExports.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a422a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/RcppExports.R
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+# This file was generated by Rcpp::compileAttributes
+# Generator token: 10BE3573-1514-4C36-9D1C-5A225CD40393
+
+add_trie_string <- function(trie, keys, values) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_add_trie_string', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', trie, keys, values))
+}
+
+add_trie_integer <- function(trie, keys, values) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_add_trie_integer', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', trie, keys, values))
+}
+
+add_trie_numeric <- function(trie, keys, values) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_add_trie_numeric', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', trie, keys, values))
+}
+
+add_trie_logical <- function(trie, keys, values) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_add_trie_logical', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', trie, keys, values))
+}
+
+remove_trie_string <- function(trie, keys) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_remove_trie_string', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', trie, keys))
+}
+
+remove_trie_integer <- function(trie, keys) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_remove_trie_integer', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', trie, keys))
+}
+
+remove_trie_numeric <- function(trie, keys) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_remove_trie_numeric', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', trie, keys))
+}
+
+remove_trie_logical <- function(trie, keys) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_remove_trie_logical', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', trie, keys))
+}
+
+radix_create_string <- function(keys, values) {
+    .Call('triebeard_radix_create_string', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', keys, values)
+}
+
+radix_create_integer <- function(keys, values) {
+    .Call('triebeard_radix_create_integer', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', keys, values)
+}
+
+radix_create_numeric <- function(keys, values) {
+    .Call('triebeard_radix_create_numeric', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', keys, values)
+}
+
+radix_create_logical <- function(keys, values) {
+    .Call('triebeard_radix_create_logical', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', keys, values)
+}
+
+get_keys_string <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_get_keys_string', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+get_keys_integer <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_get_keys_integer', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+get_keys_numeric <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_get_keys_numeric', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+get_keys_logical <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_get_keys_logical', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+get_values_string <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_get_values_string', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+get_values_integer <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_get_values_integer', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+get_values_numeric <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_get_values_numeric', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+get_values_logical <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_get_values_logical', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+greedy_string <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_greedy_string', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+greedy_integer <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_greedy_integer', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+greedy_numeric <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_greedy_numeric', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+greedy_logical <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_greedy_logical', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+radix_len_string <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_radix_len_string', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+radix_len_integer <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_radix_len_integer', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+radix_len_numeric <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_radix_len_numeric', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+radix_len_logical <- function(radix) {
+    .Call('triebeard_radix_len_logical', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix)
+}
+
+longest_string <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_longest_string', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+longest_integer <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_longest_integer', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+longest_numeric <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_longest_numeric', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+longest_logical <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_longest_logical', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+prefix_string <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_prefix_string', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+prefix_integer <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_prefix_integer', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+prefix_numeric <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_prefix_numeric', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+prefix_logical <- function(radix, to_match) {
+    .Call('triebeard_prefix_logical', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix, to_match)
+}
+
+trie_str_string <- function(radix) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_trie_str_string', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix))
+}
+
+trie_str_integer <- function(radix) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_trie_str_integer', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix))
+}
+
+trie_str_numeric <- function(radix) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_trie_str_numeric', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix))
+}
+
+trie_str_logical <- function(radix) {
+    invisible(.Call('triebeard_trie_str_logical', PACKAGE = 'triebeard', radix))
+}
+
diff --git a/R/alter.R b/R/alter.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf8eaeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/alter.R
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+#'@title Add or remove trie entries
+#'
+#'@description \code{trie_add} and \code{trie_remove} allow you to
+#'add or remove entries from tries, respectively.
+#'
+#'@param trie a trie object created with \code{\link{trie}}
+#'
+#'@param keys a character vector containing the keys of the entries to
+#'add (or remove). Entries with NA keys will not be added.
+#'
+#'@param values an atomic vector, matching the type of the trie, containing
+#'the values of the entries to add. Entries with NA values will not be added.
+#'
+#'@return nothing; the trie is modified in-place
+#'
+#'@examples
+#'trie <- trie("foo", "bar")
+#'length(trie)
+#'
+#'trie_add(trie, "baz", "qux")
+#'length(trie)
+#'
+#'trie_remove(trie, "baz")
+#'length(trie)
+#'
+#'@seealso \code{\link{trie}} for creating tries in the first place.
+#'@name alter
+#'@rdname alter
+#'@export
+trie_add <- function(trie, keys, values){
+  stopifnot(length(keys) == length(values))
+  stopifnot(is.character(keys))
+  UseMethod("trie_add", trie)
+}
+
+#'@export
+trie_add.string_trie <- function(trie, keys, values){
+  stopifnot(is.character(values))
+  add_trie_string(trie, keys, values)
+  return(invisible())
+}
+
+#'@export
+trie_add.integer_trie <- function(trie, keys, values){
+  stopifnot(is.integer(values))
+  add_trie_integer(trie, keys, values)
+  return(invisible())
+}
+
+#'@export
+trie_add.numeric_trie <- function(trie, keys, values){
+  stopifnot(is.numeric(values))
+  add_trie_numeric(trie, keys, values)
+  return(invisible())
+}
+
+#'@export
+trie_add.logical_trie <- function(trie, keys, values){
+  stopifnot(is.logical(values))
+  add_trie_logical(trie, keys, values)
+  return(invisible())
+}
+
+#'@rdname alter
+#'@export
+trie_remove <- function(trie, keys){
+  stopifnot(is.character(keys))
+  UseMethod("trie_remove", trie)
+}
+
+#'@export
+trie_remove.string_trie <- function(trie, keys){
+  remove_trie_string(trie, keys)
+  return(invisible())
+}
+
+#'@export
+trie_remove.integer_trie <- function(trie, keys){
+  remove_trie_integer(trie, keys)
+  return(invisible())
+}
+
+#'@export
+trie_remove.numeric_trie <- function(trie, keys){
+  remove_trie_numeric(trie, keys)
+  return(invisible())
+}
+
+#'@export
+trie_remove.logical_trie <- function(trie, keys){
+  remove_trie_logical(trie, keys)
+  return(invisible())
+}
diff --git a/R/as.R b/R/as.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5505a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/as.R
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#'@export
+as.list.trie <- function(x, ...){
+  return(list(keys = get_keys(x), values = get_values(x)))
+}
+
+#'@export
+as.data.frame.trie <- function(x, row.names = NULL, optional = FALSE,
+                               stringsAsFactors = FALSE, ...){
+
+  output <- data.frame(keys = get_keys(x),
+                       values = get_values(x),
+                       stringsAsFactors = stringsAsFactors,
+                       ...)
+  if(!is.null(row.names)){
+    rownames(output) <- row.names
+  }
+  return(output)
+}
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diff --git a/R/create.R b/R/create.R
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+#'@title Create a Trie
+#'@description \code{create_trie} creates a trie (a key-value store optimised
+#'for matching) out of a provided character vector of keys, and a numeric,
+#'character, logical or integer vector of values (both the same length).
+#'
+#'@param keys a character vector containing the keys for the trie.
+#'
+#'@param values an atomic vector of any type, containing the values to pair with
+#'\code{keys}. Must be the same length as \code{keys}.
+#'
+#'@return a `trie` object.
+#'
+#'@seealso \code{\link{trie_add}} and \code{\link{trie_remove}} for adding to and removing
+#'from tries after their creation, and \code{\link{longest_match}} and other match functions
+#'for matching values against the keys of a created trie.
+#'
+#'@examples
+#'# An integer trie
+#'int_trie <- trie(keys = "foo", values = 1)
+#'
+#'# A string trie
+#'str_trie <- trie(keys = "foo", values = "bar")
+#'
+#'@export
+trie <- function(keys, values){
+  stopifnot(length(keys) == length(values))
+  stopifnot(is.character(keys))
+  output <- NULL
+  output_classes <- c("trie", NA)
+
+  switch(class(values)[1],
+         "character" = {
+           output <- radix_create_string(keys, values)
+           output_classes[2] <- "string_trie"
+         },
+         "integer" = {
+           output <- radix_create_integer(keys, values)
+           output_classes[2] <- "integer_trie"
+         },
+         "numeric" = {
+           output <- radix_create_numeric(keys, values)
+           output_classes[2] <- "numeric_trie"
+         },
+         "logical" = {
+           output <- radix_create_logical(keys, values)
+           output_classes[2] <- "logical_trie"
+         },
+         stop("'values' must be a numeric, integer, character or logical vector"))
+
+  class(output) <- c(class(output), output_classes)
+  return(output)
+}
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diff --git a/R/get.R b/R/get.R
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+#'@title Trie Getters
+#'@description "Getters" for the data stored in a trie object. \code{get_keys}
+#' gets the keys, \code{get_values} gets the values.
+#'
+#'@param trie A trie object, created with \code{\link{trie}}.
+#'
+#'@return An atomic vector of keys or values stored in the trie.
+#'
+#'@name getters
+#'@rdname getters
+NULL
+
+#'@rdname getters
+#'@export
+get_keys <- function(trie){
+  stopifnot("trie" %in% class(trie))
+  UseMethod("get_keys", trie)
+}
+
+#'@rdname getters
+#'@export
+get_values <- function(trie){
+  stopifnot("trie" %in% class(trie))
+  UseMethod("get_values", trie)
+}
+
+#'@export
+get_keys.string_trie <- function(trie){
+  return(get_keys_string(trie))
+}
+
+#'@export
+get_keys.integer_trie <- function(trie){
+  return(get_keys_integer(trie))
+}
+
+#'@export
+get_keys.numeric_trie <- function(trie){
+  return(get_keys_numeric(trie))
+}
+
+#'@export
+get_keys.logical_trie <- function(trie){
+  return(get_keys_logical(trie))
+}
+
+#'@export
+get_values.string_trie <- function(trie){
+  return(get_values_string(trie))
+}
+
+#'@export
+get_values.integer_trie <- function(trie){
+  return(get_values_integer(trie))
+}
+
+#'@export
+get_values.numeric_trie <- function(trie){
+  return(get_values_numeric(trie))
+}
+
+#'@export
+get_values.logical_trie <- function(trie){
+  return(get_values_logical(trie))
+}
diff --git a/R/match.R b/R/match.R
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+#'@title Find the longest match in a trie
+#'@description \code{longest_match} accepts a trie and a character vector
+#'and returns the value associated with whichever key had the \emph{longest match}
+#'to each entry in the character vector. A trie of "binary" and "bind", for example,
+#'with an entry-to-compare of "binder", will match to "bind".
+#'
+#'@param trie a trie object, created with \code{\link{trie}}
+#'
+#'@param to_match a character vector containing the strings to match against the
+#'trie's keys.
+#'
+#'@examples
+#'trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+#'                    values = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"))
+#'longest_match(trie, "binder")
+#'
+#'@seealso \code{\link{prefix_match}} and \code{\link{greedy_match}}
+#'for prefix and greedy matching, respectively.
+#'
+#'@export
+longest_match <- function(trie, to_match){
+  stopifnot("trie" %in% class(trie))
+  UseMethod("longest_match", trie)
+}
+
+#'@export
+longest_match.string_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(longest_string(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+#'@export
+longest_match.integer_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(longest_integer(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+#'@export
+longest_match.numeric_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(longest_numeric(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+#'@export
+longest_match.logical_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(longest_logical(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+#'@title Find the prefix matches in a trie
+#'@description \code{prefix_match} accepts a trie and a character vector
+#'and returns the values associated with any key that has a particular
+#'character vector entry as a prefix (see the examples).
+#'
+#'@param trie a trie object, created with \code{\link{trie}}
+#'
+#'@param to_match a character vector containing the strings to check against the
+#'trie's keys.
+#'
+#'@return a list, the length of \code{to_match}, with each entry containing any trie values
+#'where the \code{to_match} element was a prefix of the associated key. In the case that
+#'nothing was found, the entry will contain \code{NA}.
+#'
+#'@examples
+#'trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+#'                    values = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"))
+#'prefix_match(trie, "aff")
+#'
+#'@seealso \code{\link{longest_match}} and \code{\link{greedy_match}}
+#'for longest and greedy matching, respectively.
+#'
+#'@export
+prefix_match <- function(trie, to_match){
+  stopifnot("trie" %in% class(trie))
+  UseMethod("prefix_match", trie)
+}
+
+#'@export
+prefix_match.numeric_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(prefix_numeric(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+#'@export
+prefix_match.integer_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(prefix_integer(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+#'@export
+prefix_match.string_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(prefix_string(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+#'@export
+prefix_match.logical_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(prefix_logical(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+#'@title Greedily match against a tree
+#'@description \code{greedy_match} accepts a trie and a character vector
+#'and returns the values associated with any key that is "greedily" (read: fuzzily)
+#'matched against one of the character vector entries.
+#'
+#'@param trie a trie object, created with \code{\link{trie}}
+#'
+#'@param to_match a character vector containing the strings to check against the
+#'trie's keys.
+#'
+#'@return a list, the length of \code{to_match}, with each entry containing any trie values
+#'where the \code{to_match} element greedily matches the associated key. In the case that
+#'nothing was found, the entry will contain \code{NA}.
+#'
+#'@examples
+#'trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+#'                    values = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"))
+#'greedy_match(trie, c("avoid", "bring", "attack"))
+#'
+#'@seealso \code{\link{longest_match}} and \code{\link{prefix_match}}
+#'for longest and prefix matching, respectively.
+#'
+#'@export
+greedy_match <- function(trie, to_match){
+  stopifnot("trie" %in% class(trie))
+  UseMethod("greedy_match", trie)
+}
+
+#'@export
+greedy_match.numeric_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(greedy_numeric(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+
+#'@export
+greedy_match.integer_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(greedy_integer(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+#'@export
+greedy_match.string_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(greedy_string(trie, to_match))
+}
+
+#'@export
+greedy_match.logical_trie <- function(trie, to_match){
+  return(greedy_logical(trie, to_match))
+}
diff --git a/R/metadata.R b/R/metadata.R
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+#'@export
+length.string_trie <- function(x){
+  return(radix_len_string(x))
+}
+
+#'@export
+length.integer_trie <- function(x){
+  return(radix_len_integer(x))
+}
+
+#'@export
+length.numeric_trie <- function(x){
+  return(radix_len_numeric(x))
+}
+
+#'@export
+length.logical_trie <- function(x){
+  return(radix_len_logical(x))
+}
+
+#'@export
+dim.trie <- function(x){
+  return(length(x))
+}
+
+#'@export
+str.trie <- function(object, ...){
+  type <- class(object)[3]
+  cat(paste0(type, "\n"))
+
+  switch(type,
+         "string_trie"  = {trie_str_string(object)},
+         "integer_trie" = {trie_str_integer(object)},
+         "numeric_trie" = {trie_str_numeric(object)},
+         "logical_trie" = {trie_str_logical(object)}
+         )
+
+  return(invisible())
+}
+
+#'@export
+print.trie <- function(x, ...){
+  len <- length(x)
+  entry_word <- ifelse(len != 1, "entries", "entry")
+  cat("A", class(x)[3], "object with", len, entry_word, "\n")
+}
diff --git a/R/triebeard.R b/R/triebeard.R
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+#' @title Radix trees in Rcpp
+#' @name triebeard
+#' @description This package provides access to Radix tree (or "trie") structures in Rcpp. At
+#' a later date it will hopefully provide them in R, too.
+#'
+#' @docType package
+#' @aliases triebeard triebeard-package
+#' @useDynLib triebeard
+#' @importFrom Rcpp sourceCpp
+NULL
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+##triebeard
+
+Fast key-value matching in R and Rcpp
+
+__Author:__ Oliver Keyes, Drew Schmidt, Yuuki Takano<br/>
+__License:__ [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)<br/>
+__Status:__ Stable
+
+[![Travis-CI Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Ironholds/triebeard.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/Ironholds/triebeard) ![downloads](http://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/triebeard)
+
+###Description
+
+Tries, or [radix trees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_tree), are key-value data structures optimised for very, very fast matching of the keys against user-provided data (and then the return of the associated values!)
+
+This is pretty useful in data cleaning and value extraction, and tries let you do it *really* efficiently. `triebeard` contains
+an implementation that can be used both when writing R, and when writing Rcpp (and imported and linked against, to boot). For more information see:
+
+1. The [vignette on Rcpp usage](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/triebeard/vignettes/rcpp_radix.html);
+2. The [vignette on R usage](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/triebeard/vignettes/r_radix.html).
+
+Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](CONDUCT.md).
+By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
+
+###Installation
+
+The stable, CRAN-ready version can be retrieved with:
+
+    install.packages("triebeard")
+
+The latest version can be obtained via:
+
+    devtools::install_github("ironholds/triebeard")
+
+###Dependencies
+* R.
+* [Rcpp](https://cran.r-project.org/package=Rcpp)
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-Notes on how this package can be tested.
-────────────────────────────────────────
-
-This package can be tested by running the provided test:
-
-   sh ./run-unit-test
-
-in order to confirm its integrity.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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-r-cran-triebeard (0.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Initial release (closes: #851562)
-
- -- Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>  Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:52:06 +0100
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-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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-Source: r-cran-triebeard
-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging at lists.alioth.debian.org>
-Uploaders: Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>
-Section: gnu-r
-Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
-               dh-r,
-               r-base-dev,
-               r-cran-rcpp
-Standards-Version: 3.9.8
-Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-med/trunk/packages/R/r-cran-triebeard/
-Vcs-Svn: svn://anonscm.debian.org/debian-med/trunk/packages/R/r-cran-triebeard/
-Homepage: https://cran.r-project.org/package=triebeard
-
-Package: r-cran-triebeard
-Architecture: any
-Depends: ${R:Depends},
-         ${shlibs:Depends},
-         ${misc:Depends}
-Recommends: ${R:Recommends}
-Suggests: ${R:Suggests}
-Description: GNU R radix trees in Rcpp
- 'Radix trees', or 'tries', are key-value data structures optimised for
- efficient lookups, similar in purpose to hash tables. 'triebeard'
- provides an implementation of 'radix trees' for use in R programming and
- in developing packages with 'Rcpp'.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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-Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
-Upstream-Name: triebeard
-Upstream-Contact: Oliver Keyes <ironholds at gmail.com>
-Source: https://cran.r-project.org/package=triebeard
-
-Files: *
-Copyright: 2012-2016 Oliver Keyes, Drew Schmidt, Yuuki Takano
-License: MIT
-
-Files: debian/*
-Copyright: 2017 Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>
-License: MIT
-
-License: MIT
- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
- a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
- "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
- without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
- distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
- permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
- the following conditions:
- .
- The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
- included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- .
- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
- EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
- NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
- LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
- OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
- WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/debian/docs b/debian/docs
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-debian/tests/run-unit-test
-debian/README.test
-tests
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-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-
-%:
-	dh $@ --buildsystem R
-
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-3.0 (quilt)
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-Tests: run-unit-test
-Depends: @, r-cran-testthat,
-Restrictions: allow-stderr
-
-
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-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-pkgname=triebeard
-debname=r-cran-triebeard
-
-if [ "$ADTTMP" = "" ] ; then
-    ADTTMP=`mktemp -d /tmp/${debname}-test.XXXXXX`
-    trap "rm -rf $ADTTMP" 0 INT QUIT ABRT PIPE TERM
-fi
-cd $ADTTMP
-cp -a /usr/share/doc/$debname/tests/* $ADTTMP
-gunzip -r *
-for testfile in *.R; do
-    echo "BEGIN TEST $testfile"
-    LC_ALL=C R --no-save < $testfile
-done
-
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-version=4
-https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/triebeard_([-\d.]*)\.tar\.gz
diff --git a/inst/doc/r_radix.R b/inst/doc/r_radix.R
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+## ---- eval=FALSE---------------------------------------------------------
+#  labels <- c("AO-1002", "AEO-1004", "AAI-1009", "AFT-1403", "QZ-9065", "QZ-1021", "RF-0901",
+#              "AO-1099", "AFT-1101", "QZ-4933")
+
+## ---- eval=FALSE---------------------------------------------------------
+#  library(triebeard)
+#  trie <- trie(keys = c("AO", "AEO", "AAI", "AFT", "QZ", "RF"),
+#               values = c("Audobon", "Atlanta", "Ann Arbor", "Austin", "Queensland", "Raleigh"))
+#  
+#  longest_match(trie = trie, to_match = labels)
+#  
+#   [1] "Audobon"    "Atlanta"    "Ann Arbor"  "Austin"     "Queensland" "Queensland" "Raleigh"    "Audobon"    "Austin"
+#  [10] "Queensland"
+
+## ---- eval=FALSE---------------------------------------------------------
+#  prefix_match(trie = trie, to_match = "A")
+#  
+#  [[1]]
+#  [1] "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta"   "Austin"    "Audobon"
+
+## ---- eval=FALSE---------------------------------------------------------
+#  greedy_match(trie = trie, to_match = "AO")
+#  
+#  [[1]]
+#  [1] "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta"   "Austin"    "Audobon"
+
+## ---- eval=FALSE---------------------------------------------------------
+#  library(triebeard)
+#  library(microbenchmark)
+#  
+#  trie <- trie(keys = c("AO", "AEO", "AAI", "AFT", "QZ", "RF"),
+#               values = c("Audobon", "Atlanta", "Ann Arbor", "Austin", "Queensland", "Raleigh"))
+#  
+#  labels <- rep(c("AO-1002", "AEO-1004", "AAI-1009", "AFT-1403", "QZ-9065", "QZ-1021", "RF-0901",
+#                  "AO-1099", "AFT-1101", "QZ-4933"), 100000)
+#  
+#  microbenchmark({longest_match(trie = trie, to_match = labels)})
+#  
+#  Unit: milliseconds
+#                                                    expr      min       lq     mean   median       uq      max neval
+#   {     longest_match(trie = trie, to_match = labels) } 284.6457 285.5902 289.5342 286.8775 288.4564 327.3878   100
+
+## ---- eval=FALSE---------------------------------------------------------
+#  to_match = "198.0.0.1"
+#  trie_inst <- trie(keys = "197", values = "fake range")
+#  
+#  longest_match(trie_inst, to_match)
+#  [1] NA
+#  
+#  trie_add(trie_inst, keys = "198", values = "home range")
+#  longest_match(trie_inst, to_match)
+#  [1] "home range"
+#  
+#  trie_remove(trie_inst, keys = "198")
+#  longest_match(trie_inst, to_match)
+#  [1] NA
+
+## ---- eval=FALSE---------------------------------------------------------
+#  trie <- trie(keys = c("AO", "AEO", "AAI", "AFT", "QZ", "RF"),
+#               values = c("Audobon", "Atlanta", "Ann Arbor", "Austin", "Queensland", "Raleigh"))
+#  
+#  str(as.data.frame(trie))
+#  'data.frame':	6 obs. of  2 variables:
+#   $ keys  : chr  "AAI" "AEO" "AFT" "AO" ...
+#   $ values: chr  "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta" "Austin" "Audobon" ...
+#  
+#  str(as.list(trie))
+#  
+#  List of 2
+#   $ keys  : chr [1:6] "AAI" "AEO" "AFT" "AO" ...
+#   $ values: chr [1:6] "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta" "Austin" "Audobon" ...
+
diff --git a/inst/doc/r_radix.Rmd b/inst/doc/r_radix.Rmd
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+---
+title: "Radix trees in R"
+author: "Oliver Keyes"
+date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
+output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
+vignette: >
+  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Radix trees in R}
+  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
+  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
+---
+
+A **radix tree**, or **trie**, is a data structure optimised for storing key-value pairs in a way optimised for searching. This makes them very, very good for efficiently matching data against keys, and retrieving the values *associated* with those keys.
+
+`triebeard` provides an implementation of tries for R (and one that can be used in Rcpp development, too, if that's your thing) so that useRs can take advantage of the fast, efficient and user-friendly matching that they allow.
+
+## Radix usage
+
+Suppose we have observations in a dataset that are labelled, with a 2-3 letter code that identifies the facility the sample came from:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+labels <- c("AO-1002", "AEO-1004", "AAI-1009", "AFT-1403", "QZ-9065", "QZ-1021", "RF-0901",
+            "AO-1099", "AFT-1101", "QZ-4933")
+```
+
+We know the facility each code maps to, and we want to be able to map the labels to that - not over 10 entries but over hundreds, or thousands, or hundreds *of* thousands. Tries are a great way of doing that: we treat the codes as *keys* and the full facility names as *values*. So let's make a trie to do this matching, and then, well, match:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+library(triebeard)
+trie <- trie(keys = c("AO", "AEO", "AAI", "AFT", "QZ", "RF"),
+             values = c("Audobon", "Atlanta", "Ann Arbor", "Austin", "Queensland", "Raleigh"))
+
+longest_match(trie = trie, to_match = labels)
+
+ [1] "Audobon"    "Atlanta"    "Ann Arbor"  "Austin"     "Queensland" "Queensland" "Raleigh"    "Audobon"    "Austin"    
+[10] "Queensland"
+````
+
+This pulls out, for each label, the trie value where the associated key has the longest prefix-match to the label. We can also just grab all the values where the key starts with, say, A:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+prefix_match(trie = trie, to_match = "A")
+
+[[1]]
+[1] "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta"   "Austin"    "Audobon"  
+```
+
+And finally if we want we can match very, very fuzzily using "greedy" matching:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+greedy_match(trie = trie, to_match = "AO")
+
+[[1]]
+[1] "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta"   "Austin"    "Audobon"  
+```
+
+These operations are very, very efficient. If we use longest-match as an example, since that's the most useful thing, with a one-million element vector of things to match against:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+library(triebeard)
+library(microbenchmark)
+
+trie <- trie(keys = c("AO", "AEO", "AAI", "AFT", "QZ", "RF"),
+             values = c("Audobon", "Atlanta", "Ann Arbor", "Austin", "Queensland", "Raleigh"))
+
+labels <- rep(c("AO-1002", "AEO-1004", "AAI-1009", "AFT-1403", "QZ-9065", "QZ-1021", "RF-0901",
+                "AO-1099", "AFT-1101", "QZ-4933"), 100000)
+
+microbenchmark({longest_match(trie = trie, to_match = labels)})
+
+Unit: milliseconds
+                                                  expr      min       lq     mean   median       uq      max neval
+ {     longest_match(trie = trie, to_match = labels) } 284.6457 285.5902 289.5342 286.8775 288.4564 327.3878   100
+```
+
+I think we can call <300 milliseconds for a million matches against an entire set of possible values pretty fast.
+
+## Radix modification
+
+There's always the possibility that (horror of horrors) you'll have to add or remove entries from the trie. Fear not; you can do just that with `trie_add` and `trie_remove` respectively, both of which silently modify the trie they're provided with to add or remove whatever key-value pairs you provide:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+to_match = "198.0.0.1"
+trie_inst <- trie(keys = "197", values = "fake range")
+
+longest_match(trie_inst, to_match)
+[1] NA
+
+trie_add(trie_inst, keys = "198", values = "home range")
+longest_match(trie_inst, to_match)
+[1] "home range"
+
+trie_remove(trie_inst, keys = "198")
+longest_match(trie_inst, to_match)
+[1] NA
+```
+
+## Metadata and coercion
+
+You can also extract information from tries without using them. `dim`, `str`, `print` and `length` all work for tries, and you can use `get_keys(trie)` and `get_values(trie)` to extract, respectively, the keys and values from a trie object.
+
+In addition, you can also coerce tries into other R data structures, specifically lists and data.frames:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+trie <- trie(keys = c("AO", "AEO", "AAI", "AFT", "QZ", "RF"),
+             values = c("Audobon", "Atlanta", "Ann Arbor", "Austin", "Queensland", "Raleigh"))
+
+str(as.data.frame(trie))
+'data.frame':	6 obs. of  2 variables:
+ $ keys  : chr  "AAI" "AEO" "AFT" "AO" ...
+ $ values: chr  "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta" "Austin" "Audobon" ...
+
+str(as.list(trie))
+
+List of 2
+ $ keys  : chr [1:6] "AAI" "AEO" "AFT" "AO" ...
+ $ values: chr [1:6] "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta" "Austin" "Audobon" ...
+```
+
+### Other trie operations
+
+If you have ideas for other trie-like structures, or functions that would be useful with *these* tries, the best approach
+is to either [request it](https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/issues) or [add it](https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/pulls)!
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+<h4 class="date"><em>2016-08-03</em></h4>
+
+
+
+<p>A <strong>radix tree</strong>, or <strong>trie</strong>, is a data structure optimised for storing key-value pairs in a way optimised for searching. This makes them very, very good for efficiently matching data against keys, and retrieving the values <em>associated</em> with those keys.</p>
+<p><code>triebeard</code> provides an implementation of tries for R (and one that can be used in Rcpp development, too, if that’s your thing) so that useRs can take advantage of the fast, efficient and user-friendly matching that they allow.</p>
+<div id="radix-usage" class="section level2">
+<h2>Radix usage</h2>
+<p>Suppose we have observations in a dataset that are labelled, with a 2-3 letter code that identifies the facility the sample came from:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r">labels <-<span class="st"> </span><span class="kw">c</span>(<span class="st">"AO-1002"</span>, <span class="st">"AEO-1004"</span>, <span class="st">"AAI-1009"</span>, <span class="st">"AFT-1403"</span>, <span class="st">"QZ-9065"</span>, <span class="st">"QZ-1021"</span>, <span class="st">"RF-0901"</span>,
+            <span class="st">"AO-1099"</span>, <span class="st">"AFT-1101"</span>, <span class="st">"QZ-4933"</span>)</code></pre></div>
+<p>We know the facility each code maps to, and we want to be able to map the labels to that - not over 10 entries but over hundreds, or thousands, or hundreds <em>of</em> thousands. Tries are a great way of doing that: we treat the codes as <em>keys</em> and the full facility names as <em>values</em>. So let’s make a trie to do this matching, and then, well, match:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span class="kw">library</span>(triebeard)
+trie <-<span class="st"> </span><span class="kw">trie</span>(<span class="dt">keys =</span> <span class="kw">c</span>(<span class="st">"AO"</span>, <span class="st">"AEO"</span>, <span class="st">"AAI"</span>, <span class="st">"AFT"</span>, <span class="st">"QZ"</span>, <span class="st">"RF"</span>),
+             <span class="dt">values =</span> <span class="kw">c</span>(<span class="st">"Audobon"</span>, <span class="st">"Atlanta"</span>, <span class="st">"Ann Arbor"</span>, <span class="st">"Austin"</span>, <span class="st">"Queensland"</span>, <span class="st">"Raleigh"</span>))
+
+<span class="kw">longest_match</span>(<span class="dt">trie =</span> trie, <span class="dt">to_match =</span> labels)
+
+ [<span class="dv">1</span>] <span class="st">"Audobon"</span>    <span class="st">"Atlanta"</span>    <span class="st">"Ann Arbor"</span>  <span class="st">"Austin"</span>     <span class="st">"Queensland"</span> <span class="st">"Queensland"</span> <span class="st">"Raleigh"</span>    <span class="st">"Audobon"</span>    <span class="st">"Austin"</span>    
+[<span class="dv">10</span>] <span class="st">"Queensland"</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>This pulls out, for each label, the trie value where the associated key has the longest prefix-match to the label. We can also just grab all the values where the key starts with, say, A:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span class="kw">prefix_match</span>(<span class="dt">trie =</span> trie, <span class="dt">to_match =</span> <span class="st">"A"</span>)
+
+[[<span class="dv">1</span>]]
+[<span class="dv">1</span>] <span class="st">"Ann Arbor"</span> <span class="st">"Atlanta"</span>   <span class="st">"Austin"</span>    <span class="st">"Audobon"</span>  </code></pre></div>
+<p>And finally if we want we can match very, very fuzzily using “greedy” matching:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span class="kw">greedy_match</span>(<span class="dt">trie =</span> trie, <span class="dt">to_match =</span> <span class="st">"AO"</span>)
+
+[[<span class="dv">1</span>]]
+[<span class="dv">1</span>] <span class="st">"Ann Arbor"</span> <span class="st">"Atlanta"</span>   <span class="st">"Austin"</span>    <span class="st">"Audobon"</span>  </code></pre></div>
+<p>These operations are very, very efficient. If we use longest-match as an example, since that’s the most useful thing, with a one-million element vector of things to match against:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span class="kw">library</span>(triebeard)
+<span class="kw">library</span>(microbenchmark)
+
+trie <-<span class="st"> </span><span class="kw">trie</span>(<span class="dt">keys =</span> <span class="kw">c</span>(<span class="st">"AO"</span>, <span class="st">"AEO"</span>, <span class="st">"AAI"</span>, <span class="st">"AFT"</span>, <span class="st">"QZ"</span>, <span class="st">"RF"</span>),
+             <span class="dt">values =</span> <span class="kw">c</span>(<span class="st">"Audobon"</span>, <span class="st">"Atlanta"</span>, <span class="st">"Ann Arbor"</span>, <span class="st">"Austin"</span>, <span class="st">"Queensland"</span>, <span class="st">"Raleigh"</span>))
+
+labels <-<span class="st"> </span><span class="kw">rep</span>(<span class="kw">c</span>(<span class="st">"AO-1002"</span>, <span class="st">"AEO-1004"</span>, <span class="st">"AAI-1009"</span>, <span class="st">"AFT-1403"</span>, <span class="st">"QZ-9065"</span>, <span class="st">"QZ-1021"</span>, <span class="st">"RF-0901"</span>,
+                <span class="st">"AO-1099"</span>, <span class="st">"AFT-1101"</span>, <span class="st">"QZ-4933"</span>), <span class="dv">100000</span>)
+
+<span class="kw">microbenchmark</span>({<span class="kw">longest_match</span>(<span class="dt">trie =</span> trie, <span class="dt">to_match =</span> labels)})
+
+Unit:<span class="st"> </span>milliseconds
+                                                  expr      min       lq     mean   median       uq      max neval
+ {     <span class="kw">longest_match</span>(<span class="dt">trie =</span> trie, <span class="dt">to_match =</span> labels) } <span class="fl">284.6457</span> <span class="fl">285.5902</span> <span class="fl">289.5342</span> <span class="fl">286.8775</span> <span class="fl">288.4564</span> <span class="fl">327.3878</span>   <span class="dv">100</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>I think we can call <300 milliseconds for a million matches against an entire set of possible values pretty fast.</p>
+</div>
+<div id="radix-modification" class="section level2">
+<h2>Radix modification</h2>
+<p>There’s always the possibility that (horror of horrors) you’ll have to add or remove entries from the trie. Fear not; you can do just that with <code>trie_add</code> and <code>trie_remove</code> respectively, both of which silently modify the trie they’re provided with to add or remove whatever key-value pairs you provide:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r">to_match =<span class="st"> "198.0.0.1"</span>
+trie_inst <-<span class="st"> </span><span class="kw">trie</span>(<span class="dt">keys =</span> <span class="st">"197"</span>, <span class="dt">values =</span> <span class="st">"fake range"</span>)
+
+<span class="kw">longest_match</span>(trie_inst, to_match)
+[<span class="dv">1</span>] <span class="ot">NA</span>
+
+<span class="kw">trie_add</span>(trie_inst, <span class="dt">keys =</span> <span class="st">"198"</span>, <span class="dt">values =</span> <span class="st">"home range"</span>)
+<span class="kw">longest_match</span>(trie_inst, to_match)
+[<span class="dv">1</span>] <span class="st">"home range"</span>
+
+<span class="kw">trie_remove</span>(trie_inst, <span class="dt">keys =</span> <span class="st">"198"</span>)
+<span class="kw">longest_match</span>(trie_inst, to_match)
+[<span class="dv">1</span>] <span class="ot">NA</span></code></pre></div>
+</div>
+<div id="metadata-and-coercion" class="section level2">
+<h2>Metadata and coercion</h2>
+<p>You can also extract information from tries without using them. <code>dim</code>, <code>str</code>, <code>print</code> and <code>length</code> all work for tries, and you can use <code>get_keys(trie)</code> and <code>get_values(trie)</code> to extract, respectively, the keys and values from a trie object.</p>
+<p>In addition, you can also coerce tries into other R data structures, specifically lists and data.frames:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r">trie <-<span class="st"> </span><span class="kw">trie</span>(<span class="dt">keys =</span> <span class="kw">c</span>(<span class="st">"AO"</span>, <span class="st">"AEO"</span>, <span class="st">"AAI"</span>, <span class="st">"AFT"</span>, <span class="st">"QZ"</span>, <span class="st">"RF"</span>),
+             <span class="dt">values =</span> <span class="kw">c</span>(<span class="st">"Audobon"</span>, <span class="st">"Atlanta"</span>, <span class="st">"Ann Arbor"</span>, <span class="st">"Austin"</span>, <span class="st">"Queensland"</span>, <span class="st">"Raleigh"</span>))
+
+<span class="kw">str</span>(<span class="kw">as.data.frame</span>(trie))
+<span class="st">'data.frame'</span>:<span class="st">   </span><span class="dv">6</span> obs. of  <span class="dv">2</span> variables:
+<span class="st"> </span><span class="er">$</span><span class="st"> </span>keys  :<span class="st"> </span>chr  <span class="st">"AAI"</span> <span class="st">"AEO"</span> <span class="st">"AFT"</span> <span class="st">"AO"</span> ...
+ $<span class="st"> </span>values:<span class="st"> </span>chr  <span class="st">"Ann Arbor"</span> <span class="st">"Atlanta"</span> <span class="st">"Austin"</span> <span class="st">"Audobon"</span> ...
+
+<span class="kw">str</span>(<span class="kw">as.list</span>(trie))
+
+List of <span class="dv">2</span>
+ $<span class="st"> </span>keys  :<span class="st"> </span>chr [<span class="dv">1</span>:<span class="dv">6</span>] <span class="st">"AAI"</span> <span class="st">"AEO"</span> <span class="st">"AFT"</span> <span class="st">"AO"</span> ...
+ $<span class="st"> </span>values:<span class="st"> </span>chr [<span class="dv">1</span>:<span class="dv">6</span>] <span class="st">"Ann Arbor"</span> <span class="st">"Atlanta"</span> <span class="st">"Austin"</span> <span class="st">"Audobon"</span> ...</code></pre></div>
+<div id="other-trie-operations" class="section level3">
+<h3>Other trie operations</h3>
+<p>If you have ideas for other trie-like structures, or functions that would be useful with <em>these</em> tries, the best approach is to either <a href="https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/issues">request it</a> or <a href="https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/pulls">add it</a>!</p>
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+## ---- eval=FALSE, engine="Rcpp"------------------------------------------
+## //[[Rcpp::depends(triebeard)]]
+## #include <radix.h>
+
+## ---- eval=FALSE, engine="Rcpp"------------------------------------------
+## radix_tree<type1, type2> radix;
+
+## ---- eval=FALSE, engine="Rcpp"------------------------------------------
+## radix_tree<std::string, std::string> radix;
+## radix["turnin"] = "entry the first";
+## radix["turin"] = "entry the second";
+## 
+## radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator it;
+## 
+## it = radix.longest_match("turing");
+## 
+## if(it = radix.end()){
+##   printf("No match was found :(");
+## } else {
+##   std::string result = "Key of longest match: " + it->first + " , value of longest match: " + it->second;
+## }
+
+## ---- eval=FALSE, engine="Rcpp"------------------------------------------
+## radix_tree<std::string, std::string> radix;
+## radix["turnin"] = "entry the first";
+## radix["turin"] = "entry the second";
+## 
+## std::vector<radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator> vec;
+## std::vector<radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator>::iterator it;
+## 
+## it = radix.prefix_match("tur");
+## 
+## if(it == vec.end()){
+##   printf("No match was found :(");
+## } else {
+##   for (it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); ++it) {
+##     std::string result = "Key of a prefix match: " + it->first + " , value of a prefix match: " + it->second;
+##   }
+## }
+
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+---
+title: "Radix trees in Rcpp"
+author: "Oliver Keyes"
+date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
+output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
+vignette: >
+  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Radix trees in Rcpp}
+  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
+  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
+---
+
+A **radix tree** is a data structure optimised for storing key-value pairs in a way optimised for searching. This makes them very, very good for efficiently matching data against keys, and retrieving the values *associated* with those keys.
+
+`triebeard` provides an implementation of radix trees for Rcpp (and also for use directly in R). To start using radix trees in your Rcpp development, simply modify your C++ file to include at the top:
+
+```{Rcpp, eval=FALSE}
+//[[Rcpp::depends(triebeard)]]
+#include <radix.h>
+```
+
+## Constructing trees
+
+Trees are constructed using the syntax:
+
+```{Rcpp, eval=FALSE}
+radix_tree<type1, type2> radix;
+```
+
+Where `type` represents the type of the keys (for example, `std::string`) and `type2` the type of the values.
+
+Radix trees can have any scalar type as keys, although strings are most typical; they can also have any scalar type for values. Once you've constructed a tree, new entries can be added in a very R-like way: `radix[new_key] = new_value;`. Entries can also be removed, with `radix.erase(key)`.
+
+## Matching against trees
+
+We then move on to the fun bit: matching! As mentioned, radix trees are really good for matching arbitrary values against keys (well, keys of the same type) and retrieving the associated values.
+
+There are three types of supported matching; longest, prefix, and greedy. Longest does exactly what it says on the tin: it finds the key-value pair where the longest initial part of the key matches the arbitrary value:
+
+```{Rcpp, eval=FALSE}
+radix_tree<std::string, std::string> radix;
+radix["turnin"] = "entry the first";
+radix["turin"] = "entry the second";
+
+radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator it;
+
+it = radix.longest_match("turing");
+
+if(it = radix.end()){
+  printf("No match was found :(");
+} else {
+  std::string result = "Key of longest match: " + it->first + " , value of longest match: " + it->second;
+}
+```
+
+Prefix matching provides all trie entries where the value-to-match is a *prefix* of the key:
+
+```{Rcpp, eval=FALSE}
+radix_tree<std::string, std::string> radix;
+radix["turnin"] = "entry the first";
+radix["turin"] = "entry the second";
+
+std::vector<radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator> vec;
+std::vector<radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator>::iterator it;
+
+it = radix.prefix_match("tur");
+
+if(it == vec.end()){
+  printf("No match was found :(");
+} else {
+  for (it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); ++it) {
+    std::string result = "Key of a prefix match: " + it->first + " , value of a prefix match: " + it->second;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Greedy matching matches very, very fuzzily (a value of 'bring', for example, will match 'blind', 'bind' and 'binary') and, syntactically, looks exactly the same as prefix-matching, albeit with `radix.greedy_match()` instead of `radix.prefix_match()`.
+
+
+### Other trie things
+
+If you have ideas for other trie-like structures, or functions that would be useful with *these* tries, the best approach
+is to either [request it](https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/issues) or [add it](https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/pulls)!
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+<h4 class="author"><em>Oliver Keyes</em></h4>
+<h4 class="date"><em>2016-08-03</em></h4>
+
+
+
+<p>A <strong>radix tree</strong> is a data structure optimised for storing key-value pairs in a way optimised for searching. This makes them very, very good for efficiently matching data against keys, and retrieving the values <em>associated</em> with those keys.</p>
+<p><code>triebeard</code> provides an implementation of radix trees for Rcpp (and also for use directly in R). To start using radix trees in your Rcpp development, simply modify your C++ file to include at the top:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode cpp"><code class="sourceCode cpp"><span class="co">//[[Rcpp::depends(triebeard)]]</span>
+<span class="ot">#include <radix.h></span></code></pre></div>
+<div id="constructing-trees" class="section level2">
+<h2>Constructing trees</h2>
+<p>Trees are constructed using the syntax:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode cpp"><code class="sourceCode cpp">radix_tree<type1, type2> radix;</code></pre></div>
+<p>Where <code>type</code> represents the type of the keys (for example, <code>std::string</code>) and <code>type2</code> the type of the values.</p>
+<p>Radix trees can have any scalar type as keys, although strings are most typical; they can also have any scalar type for values. Once you’ve constructed a tree, new entries can be added in a very R-like way: <code>radix[new_key] = new_value;</code>. Entries can also be removed, with <code>radix.erase(key)</code>.</p>
+</div>
+<div id="matching-against-trees" class="section level2">
+<h2>Matching against trees</h2>
+<p>We then move on to the fun bit: matching! As mentioned, radix trees are really good for matching arbitrary values against keys (well, keys of the same type) and retrieving the associated values.</p>
+<p>There are three types of supported matching; longest, prefix, and greedy. Longest does exactly what it says on the tin: it finds the key-value pair where the longest initial part of the key matches the arbitrary value:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode cpp"><code class="sourceCode cpp">radix_tree<std::string, std::string> radix;
+radix[<span class="st">"turnin"</span>] = <span class="st">"entry the first"</span>;
+radix[<span class="st">"turin"</span>] = <span class="st">"entry the second"</span>;
+
+radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator it;
+
+it = radix.longest_match(<span class="st">"turing"</span>);
+
+<span class="kw">if</span>(it = radix.end()){
+  printf(<span class="st">"No match was found :("</span>);
+} <span class="kw">else</span> {
+  std::string result = <span class="st">"Key of longest match: "</span> + it->first + <span class="st">" , value of longest match: "</span> + it->second;
+}</code></pre></div>
+<p>Prefix matching provides all trie entries where the value-to-match is a <em>prefix</em> of the key:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode cpp"><code class="sourceCode cpp">radix_tree<std::string, std::string> radix;
+radix[<span class="st">"turnin"</span>] = <span class="st">"entry the first"</span>;
+radix[<span class="st">"turin"</span>] = <span class="st">"entry the second"</span>;
+
+std::vector<radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator> vec;
+std::vector<radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator>::iterator it;
+
+it = radix.prefix_match(<span class="st">"tur"</span>);
+
+<span class="kw">if</span>(it == vec.end()){
+  printf(<span class="st">"No match was found :("</span>);
+} <span class="kw">else</span> {
+  <span class="kw">for</span> (it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); ++it) {
+    std::string result = <span class="st">"Key of a prefix match: "</span> + it->first + <span class="st">" , value of a prefix match: "</span> + it->second;
+  }
+}</code></pre></div>
+<p>Greedy matching matches very, very fuzzily (a value of ‘bring’, for example, will match ‘blind’, ‘bind’ and ‘binary’) and, syntactically, looks exactly the same as prefix-matching, albeit with <code>radix.greedy_match()</code> instead of <code>radix.prefix_match()</code>.</p>
+<div id="other-trie-things" class="section level3">
+<h3>Other trie things</h3>
+<p>If you have ideas for other trie-like structures, or functions that would be useful with <em>these</em> tries, the best approach is to either <a href="https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/issues">request it</a> or <a href="https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/pulls">add it</a>!</p>
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+#include "radix/radix_tree.hpp"
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+#ifndef RADIX_TREE_HPP
+#define RADIX_TREE_HPP
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "radix_tree_it.hpp"
+#include "radix_tree_node.hpp"
+
+template<typename K>
+K radix_substr(const K &key, int begin, int num);
+
+template<>
+inline std::string radix_substr<std::string>(const std::string &key, int begin, int num)
+{
+    return key.substr(begin, num);
+}
+
+template<typename K>
+K radix_join(const K &key1, const K &key2);
+
+template<>
+inline std::string radix_join<std::string>(const std::string &key1, const std::string &key2)
+{
+    return key1 + key2;
+}
+
+template<typename K>
+int radix_length(const K &key);
+
+template<>
+inline int radix_length<std::string>(const std::string &key)
+{
+    return key.size();
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+class radix_tree {
+public:
+    typedef K key_type;
+    typedef T mapped_type;
+    typedef std::pair<const K, T> value_type;
+    typedef radix_tree_it<K, T>   iterator;
+    typedef std::size_t           size_type;
+
+    radix_tree() : m_size(0), m_root(NULL) { }
+    ~radix_tree() {
+        delete m_root;
+    }
+
+    size_type size()  const {
+        return m_size;
+    }
+    bool empty() const {
+        return m_size == 0;
+    }
+    void clear() {
+        delete m_root;
+        m_root = NULL;
+        m_size = 0;
+    }
+
+    iterator find(const K &key);
+    iterator begin();
+    iterator end();
+
+    std::pair<iterator, bool> insert(const value_type &val);
+    bool erase(const K &key);
+    void erase(iterator it);
+    void prefix_match(const K &key, std::vector<iterator> &vec);
+    void greedy_match(const K &key,  std::vector<iterator> &vec);
+    iterator longest_match(const K &key);
+
+    T& operator[] (const K &lhs);
+
+private:
+    size_type m_size;
+    radix_tree_node<K, T>* m_root;
+
+    radix_tree_node<K, T>* begin(radix_tree_node<K, T> *node);
+    radix_tree_node<K, T>* find_node(const K &key, radix_tree_node<K, T> *node, int depth);
+    radix_tree_node<K, T>* append(radix_tree_node<K, T> *parent, const value_type &val);
+    radix_tree_node<K, T>* prepend(radix_tree_node<K, T> *node, const value_type &val);
+    void greedy_match(radix_tree_node<K, T> *node, std::vector<iterator> &vec);
+
+    radix_tree(const radix_tree& other); // delete
+    radix_tree& operator =(const radix_tree other); // delete
+};
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+void radix_tree<K, T>::prefix_match(const K &key, std::vector<iterator> &vec)
+{
+    vec.clear();
+
+    if (m_root == NULL)
+        return;
+
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *node;
+    K key_sub1, key_sub2;
+
+    node = find_node(key, m_root, 0);
+
+    if (node->m_is_leaf)
+        node = node->m_parent;
+
+    int len = radix_length(key) - node->m_depth;
+    key_sub1 = radix_substr(key, node->m_depth, len);
+    key_sub2 = radix_substr(node->m_key, 0, len);
+
+    if (key_sub1 != key_sub2)
+        return;
+
+    greedy_match(node, vec);
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+typename radix_tree<K, T>::iterator radix_tree<K, T>::longest_match(const K &key)
+{
+    if (m_root == NULL)
+        return iterator(NULL);
+
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *node;
+    K key_sub;
+
+    node = find_node(key, m_root, 0);
+
+    if (node->m_is_leaf)
+        return iterator(node);
+
+    key_sub = radix_substr(key, node->m_depth, radix_length(node->m_key));
+
+    if (! (key_sub == node->m_key))
+        node = node->m_parent;
+
+    K nul = radix_substr(key, 0, 0);
+
+    while (node != NULL) {
+        typename radix_tree_node<K, T>::it_child it;
+        it = node->m_children.find(nul);
+        if (it != node->m_children.end() && it->second->m_is_leaf)
+            return iterator(it->second);
+
+        node = node->m_parent;
+    }
+
+    return iterator(NULL);
+}
+
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+typename radix_tree<K, T>::iterator radix_tree<K, T>::end()
+{
+    return iterator(NULL);
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+typename radix_tree<K, T>::iterator radix_tree<K, T>::begin()
+{
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *node;
+
+    if (m_root == NULL)
+        node = NULL;
+    else
+        node = begin(m_root);
+
+    return iterator(node);
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+radix_tree_node<K, T>* radix_tree<K, T>::begin(radix_tree_node<K, T> *node)
+{
+    if (node->m_is_leaf)
+        return node;
+
+    assert(!node->m_children.empty());
+
+    return begin(node->m_children.begin()->second);
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+T& radix_tree<K, T>::operator[] (const K &lhs)
+{
+    iterator it = find(lhs);
+
+    if (it == end()) {
+        std::pair<K, T> val;
+        val.first = lhs;
+
+        std::pair<iterator, bool> ret;
+        ret = insert(val);
+
+        assert(ret.second == true);
+
+        it = ret.first;
+    }
+
+    return it->second;
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+void radix_tree<K, T>::greedy_match(const K &key, std::vector<iterator> &vec)
+{
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *node;
+
+    vec.clear();
+
+    if (m_root == NULL)
+        return;
+
+    node = find_node(key, m_root, 0);
+
+    if (node->m_is_leaf)
+        node = node->m_parent;
+
+    greedy_match(node, vec);
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+void radix_tree<K, T>::greedy_match(radix_tree_node<K, T> *node, std::vector<iterator> &vec)
+{
+    if (node->m_is_leaf) {
+        vec.push_back(iterator(node));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    typename std::map<K, radix_tree_node<K, T>*>::iterator it;
+
+    for (it = node->m_children.begin(); it != node->m_children.end(); ++it) {
+        greedy_match(it->second, vec);
+    }
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+void radix_tree<K, T>::erase(iterator it)
+{
+    erase(it->first);
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+bool radix_tree<K, T>::erase(const K &key)
+{
+    if (m_root == NULL)
+        return 0;
+
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *child;
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *parent;
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *grandparent;
+    K nul = radix_substr(key, 0, 0);
+
+    child = find_node(key, m_root, 0);
+
+    if (! child->m_is_leaf)
+        return 0;
+
+    parent = child->m_parent;
+    parent->m_children.erase(nul);
+
+    delete child;
+
+    m_size--;
+
+    if (parent == m_root)
+        return 1;
+
+    if (parent->m_children.size() > 1)
+        return 1;
+
+    if (parent->m_children.empty()) {
+        grandparent = parent->m_parent;
+        grandparent->m_children.erase(parent->m_key);
+        delete parent;
+    } else {
+        grandparent = parent;
+    }
+
+    if (grandparent == m_root) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (grandparent->m_children.size() == 1) {
+        // merge grandparent with the uncle
+        typename std::map<K, radix_tree_node<K, T>*>::iterator it;
+        it = grandparent->m_children.begin();
+
+        radix_tree_node<K, T> *uncle = it->second;
+
+        if (uncle->m_is_leaf)
+            return 1;
+
+        uncle->m_depth = grandparent->m_depth;
+        uncle->m_key   = radix_join(grandparent->m_key, uncle->m_key);
+        uncle->m_parent = grandparent->m_parent;
+
+        grandparent->m_children.erase(it);
+
+        grandparent->m_parent->m_children.erase(grandparent->m_key);
+        grandparent->m_parent->m_children[uncle->m_key] = uncle;
+
+        delete grandparent;
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+radix_tree_node<K, T>* radix_tree<K, T>::append(radix_tree_node<K, T> *parent, const value_type &val)
+{
+    int depth;
+    int len;
+    K   nul = radix_substr(val.first, 0, 0);
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *node_c, *node_cc;
+
+    depth = parent->m_depth + radix_length(parent->m_key);
+    len   = radix_length(val.first) - depth;
+
+    if (len == 0) {
+        node_c = new radix_tree_node<K, T>(val);
+
+        node_c->m_depth   = depth;
+        node_c->m_parent  = parent;
+        node_c->m_key     = nul;
+        node_c->m_is_leaf = true;
+
+        parent->m_children[nul] = node_c;
+
+        return node_c;
+    } else {
+        node_c = new radix_tree_node<K, T>(val);
+
+        K key_sub = radix_substr(val.first, depth, len);
+
+        parent->m_children[key_sub] = node_c;
+
+        node_c->m_depth  = depth;
+        node_c->m_parent = parent;
+        node_c->m_key    = key_sub;
+
+
+        node_cc = new radix_tree_node<K, T>(val);
+        node_c->m_children[nul] = node_cc;
+
+        node_cc->m_depth   = depth + len;
+        node_cc->m_parent  = node_c;
+        node_cc->m_key     = nul;
+        node_cc->m_is_leaf = true;
+
+        return node_cc;
+    }
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+radix_tree_node<K, T>* radix_tree<K, T>::prepend(radix_tree_node<K, T> *node, const value_type &val)
+{
+    int count;
+    int len1, len2;
+
+    len1 = radix_length(node->m_key);
+    len2 = radix_length(val.first) - node->m_depth;
+
+    for (count = 0; count < len1 && count < len2; count++) {
+        if (! (node->m_key[count] == val.first[count + node->m_depth]) )
+            break;
+    }
+
+    assert(count != 0);
+
+    node->m_parent->m_children.erase(node->m_key);
+
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *node_a = new radix_tree_node<K, T>;
+
+    node_a->m_parent = node->m_parent;
+    node_a->m_key    = radix_substr(node->m_key, 0, count);
+    node_a->m_depth  = node->m_depth;
+    node_a->m_parent->m_children[node_a->m_key] = node_a;
+
+
+    node->m_depth  += count;
+    node->m_parent  = node_a;
+    node->m_key     = radix_substr(node->m_key, count, len1 - count);
+    node->m_parent->m_children[node->m_key] = node;
+
+    K nul = radix_substr(val.first, 0, 0);
+    if (count == len2) {
+        radix_tree_node<K, T> *node_b;
+
+        node_b = new radix_tree_node<K, T>(val);
+
+        node_b->m_parent  = node_a;
+        node_b->m_key     = nul;
+        node_b->m_depth   = node_a->m_depth + count;
+        node_b->m_is_leaf = true;
+        node_b->m_parent->m_children[nul] = node_b;
+
+        return node_b;
+    } else {
+        radix_tree_node<K, T> *node_b, *node_c;
+
+        node_b = new radix_tree_node<K, T>;
+
+        node_b->m_parent = node_a;
+        node_b->m_depth  = node->m_depth;
+        node_b->m_key    = radix_substr(val.first, node_b->m_depth, len2 - count);
+        node_b->m_parent->m_children[node_b->m_key] = node_b;
+
+        node_c = new radix_tree_node<K, T>(val);
+
+        node_c->m_parent  = node_b;
+        node_c->m_depth   = radix_length(val.first);
+        node_c->m_key     = nul;
+        node_c->m_is_leaf = true;
+        node_c->m_parent->m_children[nul] = node_c;
+
+        return node_c;
+    }
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+std::pair<typename radix_tree<K, T>::iterator, bool> radix_tree<K, T>::insert(const value_type &val)
+{
+    if (m_root == NULL) {
+        K nul = radix_substr(val.first, 0, 0);
+
+        m_root = new radix_tree_node<K, T>;
+        m_root->m_key = nul;
+    }
+
+
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *node = find_node(val.first, m_root, 0);
+
+    if (node->m_is_leaf) {
+        return std::pair<iterator, bool>(node, false);
+    } else if (node == m_root) {
+        m_size++;
+        return std::pair<iterator, bool>(append(m_root, val), true);
+    } else {
+        m_size++;
+        int len     = radix_length(node->m_key);
+        K   key_sub = radix_substr(val.first, node->m_depth, len);
+
+        if (key_sub == node->m_key) {
+            return std::pair<iterator, bool>(append(node, val), true);
+        } else {
+            return std::pair<iterator, bool>(prepend(node, val), true);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+typename radix_tree<K, T>::iterator radix_tree<K, T>::find(const K &key)
+{
+    if (m_root == NULL)
+        return iterator(NULL);
+
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *node = find_node(key, m_root, 0);
+
+    // if the node is a internal node, return NULL
+    if (! node->m_is_leaf)
+        return iterator(NULL);
+
+    return iterator(node);
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+radix_tree_node<K, T>* radix_tree<K, T>::find_node(const K &key, radix_tree_node<K, T> *node, int depth)
+{
+    if (node->m_children.empty())
+        return node;
+
+    typename radix_tree_node<K, T>::it_child it;
+    int len_key = radix_length(key) - depth;
+
+    for (it = node->m_children.begin(); it != node->m_children.end(); ++it) {
+        if (len_key == 0) {
+            if (it->second->m_is_leaf)
+                return it->second;
+            else
+                continue;
+        }
+
+        if (! it->second->m_is_leaf && key[depth] == it->first[0] ) {
+            int len_node = radix_length(it->first);
+            K   key_sub  = radix_substr(key, depth, len_node);
+
+            if (key_sub == it->first) {
+                return find_node(key, it->second, depth+len_node);
+            } else {
+                return it->second;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return node;
+}
+
+#endif // RADIX_TREE_HPP
diff --git a/inst/include/radix/radix_tree_it.hpp b/inst/include/radix/radix_tree_it.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7615c51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inst/include/radix/radix_tree_it.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#ifndef RADIX_TREE_IT
+#define RADIX_TREE_IT
+
+#include <iterator>
+
+// forward declaration
+template <typename K, typename T> class radix_tree;
+template <typename K, typename T> class radix_tree_node;
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+class radix_tree_it : public std::iterator<std::forward_iterator_tag, std::pair<K, T> > {
+    friend class radix_tree<K, T>;
+
+public:
+    radix_tree_it() : m_pointee(0) { }
+    radix_tree_it(const radix_tree_it& r) : m_pointee(r.m_pointee) { }
+    radix_tree_it& operator=(const radix_tree_it& r) { m_pointee = r.m_pointee; return *this; }
+    ~radix_tree_it() { }
+
+    std::pair<const K, T>& operator*  () const;
+    std::pair<const K, T>* operator-> () const;
+    const radix_tree_it<K, T>& operator++ ();
+    radix_tree_it<K, T> operator++ (int);
+    // const radix_tree_it<K, T>& operator-- ();
+    bool operator!= (const radix_tree_it<K, T> &lhs) const;
+    bool operator== (const radix_tree_it<K, T> &lhs) const;
+
+private:
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *m_pointee;
+    radix_tree_it(radix_tree_node<K, T> *p) : m_pointee(p) { }
+
+    radix_tree_node<K, T>* increment(radix_tree_node<K, T>* node) const;
+    radix_tree_node<K, T>* descend(radix_tree_node<K, T>* node) const;
+};
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+radix_tree_node<K, T>* radix_tree_it<K, T>::increment(radix_tree_node<K, T>* node) const
+{
+    radix_tree_node<K, T>* parent = node->m_parent;
+
+    if (parent == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    typename radix_tree_node<K, T>::it_child it = parent->m_children.find(node->m_key);
+    assert(it != parent->m_children.end());
+    ++it;
+
+    if (it == parent->m_children.end())
+        return increment(parent);
+    else
+        return descend(it->second);
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+radix_tree_node<K, T>* radix_tree_it<K, T>::descend(radix_tree_node<K, T>* node) const
+{
+    if (node->m_is_leaf)
+        return node;
+
+    typename radix_tree_node<K, T>::it_child it = node->m_children.begin();
+
+    assert(it != node->m_children.end());
+
+    return descend(it->second);
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+std::pair<const K, T>& radix_tree_it<K, T>::operator* () const
+{
+    return *m_pointee->m_value;
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+std::pair<const K, T>* radix_tree_it<K, T>::operator-> () const
+{
+    return m_pointee->m_value;
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+bool radix_tree_it<K, T>::operator!= (const radix_tree_it<K, T> &lhs) const
+{
+    return m_pointee != lhs.m_pointee;
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+bool radix_tree_it<K, T>::operator== (const radix_tree_it<K, T> &lhs) const
+{
+    return m_pointee == lhs.m_pointee;
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+const radix_tree_it<K, T>& radix_tree_it<K, T>::operator++ ()
+{
+    if (m_pointee != NULL) // it is undefined behaviour to dereference iterator that is out of bounds...
+        m_pointee = increment(m_pointee);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+radix_tree_it<K, T> radix_tree_it<K, T>::operator++ (int)
+{
+    radix_tree_it<K, T> copy(*this);
+    ++(*this);
+    return copy;
+}
+
+#endif // RADIX_TREE_IT
diff --git a/inst/include/radix/radix_tree_node.hpp b/inst/include/radix/radix_tree_node.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2583a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inst/include/radix/radix_tree_node.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#ifndef RADIX_TREE_NODE_HPP
+#define RADIX_TREE_NODE_HPP
+
+#include <map>
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+class radix_tree_node {
+    friend class radix_tree<K, T>;
+    friend class radix_tree_it<K, T>;
+
+    typedef std::pair<const K, T> value_type;
+    typedef typename std::map<K, radix_tree_node<K, T>* >::iterator it_child;
+
+private:
+    radix_tree_node() : m_children(), m_parent(NULL), m_value(NULL), m_depth(0), m_is_leaf(false), m_key() { }
+    radix_tree_node(const value_type &val);
+    radix_tree_node(const radix_tree_node&); // delete
+    radix_tree_node& operator=(const radix_tree_node&); // delete
+
+    ~radix_tree_node();
+
+    std::map<K, radix_tree_node<K, T>*> m_children;
+    radix_tree_node<K, T> *m_parent;
+    value_type *m_value;
+    int m_depth;
+    bool m_is_leaf;
+    K m_key;
+};
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+radix_tree_node<K, T>::radix_tree_node(const value_type &val) :
+    m_children(),
+    m_parent(NULL),
+    m_value(NULL),
+    m_depth(0),
+    m_is_leaf(false),
+    m_key()
+{
+    m_value = new value_type(val);
+}
+
+template <typename K, typename T>
+radix_tree_node<K, T>::~radix_tree_node()
+{
+    it_child it;
+    for (it = m_children.begin(); it != m_children.end(); ++it) {
+        delete it->second;
+    }
+    delete m_value;
+}
+
+
+#endif // RADIX_TREE_NODE_HPP
diff --git a/man/alter.Rd b/man/alter.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7181c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/alter.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/alter.R
+\name{alter}
+\alias{alter}
+\alias{trie_add}
+\alias{trie_remove}
+\title{Add or remove trie entries}
+\usage{
+trie_add(trie, keys, values)
+
+trie_remove(trie, keys)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{trie}{a trie object created with \code{\link{trie}}}
+
+\item{keys}{a character vector containing the keys of the entries to
+add (or remove). Entries with NA keys will not be added.}
+
+\item{values}{an atomic vector, matching the type of the trie, containing
+the values of the entries to add. Entries with NA values will not be added.}
+}
+\value{
+nothing; the trie is modified in-place
+}
+\description{
+\code{trie_add} and \code{trie_remove} allow you to
+add or remove entries from tries, respectively.
+}
+\examples{
+trie <- trie("foo", "bar")
+length(trie)
+
+trie_add(trie, "baz", "qux")
+length(trie)
+
+trie_remove(trie, "baz")
+length(trie)
+
+}
+\seealso{
+\code{\link{trie}} for creating tries in the first place.
+}
+
diff --git a/man/getters.Rd b/man/getters.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2789b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/getters.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/get.R
+\name{getters}
+\alias{get_keys}
+\alias{get_values}
+\alias{getters}
+\title{Trie Getters}
+\usage{
+get_keys(trie)
+
+get_values(trie)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{trie}{A trie object, created with \code{\link{trie}}.}
+}
+\value{
+An atomic vector of keys or values stored in the trie.
+}
+\description{
+"Getters" for the data stored in a trie object. \code{get_keys}
+gets the keys, \code{get_values} gets the values.
+}
+
diff --git a/man/greedy_match.Rd b/man/greedy_match.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..192e6cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/greedy_match.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/match.R
+\name{greedy_match}
+\alias{greedy_match}
+\title{Greedily match against a tree}
+\usage{
+greedy_match(trie, to_match)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{trie}{a trie object, created with \code{\link{trie}}}
+
+\item{to_match}{a character vector containing the strings to check against the
+trie's keys.}
+}
+\value{
+a list, the length of \code{to_match}, with each entry containing any trie values
+where the \code{to_match} element greedily matches the associated key. In the case that
+nothing was found, the entry will contain \code{NA}.
+}
+\description{
+\code{greedy_match} accepts a trie and a character vector
+and returns the values associated with any key that is "greedily" (read: fuzzily)
+matched against one of the character vector entries.
+}
+\examples{
+trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                   values = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"))
+greedy_match(trie, c("avoid", "bring", "attack"))
+
+}
+\seealso{
+\code{\link{longest_match}} and \code{\link{prefix_match}}
+for longest and prefix matching, respectively.
+}
+
diff --git a/man/longest_match.Rd b/man/longest_match.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bec2d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/longest_match.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/match.R
+\name{longest_match}
+\alias{longest_match}
+\title{Find the longest match in a trie}
+\usage{
+longest_match(trie, to_match)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{trie}{a trie object, created with \code{\link{trie}}}
+
+\item{to_match}{a character vector containing the strings to match against the
+trie's keys.}
+}
+\description{
+\code{longest_match} accepts a trie and a character vector
+and returns the value associated with whichever key had the \emph{longest match}
+to each entry in the character vector. A trie of "binary" and "bind", for example,
+with an entry-to-compare of "binder", will match to "bind".
+}
+\examples{
+trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                   values = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"))
+longest_match(trie, "binder")
+
+}
+\seealso{
+\code{\link{prefix_match}} and \code{\link{greedy_match}}
+for prefix and greedy matching, respectively.
+}
+
diff --git a/man/prefix_match.Rd b/man/prefix_match.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c9f851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/prefix_match.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/match.R
+\name{prefix_match}
+\alias{prefix_match}
+\title{Find the prefix matches in a trie}
+\usage{
+prefix_match(trie, to_match)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{trie}{a trie object, created with \code{\link{trie}}}
+
+\item{to_match}{a character vector containing the strings to check against the
+trie's keys.}
+}
+\value{
+a list, the length of \code{to_match}, with each entry containing any trie values
+where the \code{to_match} element was a prefix of the associated key. In the case that
+nothing was found, the entry will contain \code{NA}.
+}
+\description{
+\code{prefix_match} accepts a trie and a character vector
+and returns the values associated with any key that has a particular
+character vector entry as a prefix (see the examples).
+}
+\examples{
+trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                   values = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"))
+prefix_match(trie, "aff")
+
+}
+\seealso{
+\code{\link{longest_match}} and \code{\link{greedy_match}}
+for longest and greedy matching, respectively.
+}
+
diff --git a/man/trie.Rd b/man/trie.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd2d751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/trie.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/create.R
+\name{trie}
+\alias{trie}
+\title{Create a Trie}
+\usage{
+trie(keys, values)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{keys}{a character vector containing the keys for the trie.}
+
+\item{values}{an atomic vector of any type, containing the values to pair with
+\code{keys}. Must be the same length as \code{keys}.}
+}
+\value{
+a `trie` object.
+}
+\description{
+\code{create_trie} creates a trie (a key-value store optimised
+for matching) out of a provided character vector of keys, and a numeric,
+character, logical or integer vector of values (both the same length).
+}
+\examples{
+# An integer trie
+int_trie <- trie(keys = "foo", values = 1)
+
+# A string trie
+str_trie <- trie(keys = "foo", values = "bar")
+
+}
+\seealso{
+\code{\link{trie_add}} and \code{\link{trie_remove}} for adding to and removing
+from tries after their creation, and \code{\link{longest_match}} and other match functions
+for matching values against the keys of a created trie.
+}
+
diff --git a/man/triebeard.Rd b/man/triebeard.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85a12cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/triebeard.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/triebeard.R
+\docType{package}
+\name{triebeard}
+\alias{triebeard}
+\alias{triebeard-package}
+\title{Radix trees in Rcpp}
+\description{
+This package provides access to Radix tree (or "trie") structures in Rcpp. At
+a later date it will hopefully provide them in R, too.
+}
+
diff --git a/src/Makevars b/src/Makevars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb3d30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makevars
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PKG_CXXFLAGS=-I../inst/include
diff --git a/src/RcppExports.cpp b/src/RcppExports.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e23c116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/RcppExports.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
+// This file was generated by Rcpp::compileAttributes
+// Generator token: 10BE3573-1514-4C36-9D1C-5A225CD40393
+
+#include <Rcpp.h>
+
+using namespace Rcpp;
+
+// add_trie_string
+void add_trie_string(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys, CharacterVector values);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_add_trie_string(SEXP trieSEXP, SEXP keysSEXP, SEXP valuesSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type trie(trieSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type values(valuesSEXP);
+    add_trie_string(trie, keys, values);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// add_trie_integer
+void add_trie_integer(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys, IntegerVector values);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_add_trie_integer(SEXP trieSEXP, SEXP keysSEXP, SEXP valuesSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type trie(trieSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< IntegerVector >::type values(valuesSEXP);
+    add_trie_integer(trie, keys, values);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// add_trie_numeric
+void add_trie_numeric(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys, NumericVector values);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_add_trie_numeric(SEXP trieSEXP, SEXP keysSEXP, SEXP valuesSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type trie(trieSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< NumericVector >::type values(valuesSEXP);
+    add_trie_numeric(trie, keys, values);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// add_trie_logical
+void add_trie_logical(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys, LogicalVector values);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_add_trie_logical(SEXP trieSEXP, SEXP keysSEXP, SEXP valuesSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type trie(trieSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< LogicalVector >::type values(valuesSEXP);
+    add_trie_logical(trie, keys, values);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// remove_trie_string
+void remove_trie_string(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_remove_trie_string(SEXP trieSEXP, SEXP keysSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type trie(trieSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    remove_trie_string(trie, keys);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// remove_trie_integer
+void remove_trie_integer(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_remove_trie_integer(SEXP trieSEXP, SEXP keysSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type trie(trieSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    remove_trie_integer(trie, keys);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// remove_trie_numeric
+void remove_trie_numeric(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_remove_trie_numeric(SEXP trieSEXP, SEXP keysSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type trie(trieSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    remove_trie_numeric(trie, keys);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// remove_trie_logical
+void remove_trie_logical(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_remove_trie_logical(SEXP trieSEXP, SEXP keysSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type trie(trieSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    remove_trie_logical(trie, keys);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// radix_create_string
+SEXP radix_create_string(std::vector < std::string > keys, std::vector < std::string > values);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_radix_create_string(SEXP keysSEXP, SEXP valuesSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< std::vector < std::string > >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< std::vector < std::string > >::type values(valuesSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(radix_create_string(keys, values));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// radix_create_integer
+SEXP radix_create_integer(std::vector < std::string > keys, std::vector < int > values);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_radix_create_integer(SEXP keysSEXP, SEXP valuesSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< std::vector < std::string > >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< std::vector < int > >::type values(valuesSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(radix_create_integer(keys, values));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// radix_create_numeric
+SEXP radix_create_numeric(std::vector < std::string > keys, std::vector < double > values);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_radix_create_numeric(SEXP keysSEXP, SEXP valuesSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< std::vector < std::string > >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< std::vector < double > >::type values(valuesSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(radix_create_numeric(keys, values));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// radix_create_logical
+SEXP radix_create_logical(std::vector < std::string > keys, std::vector < bool > values);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_radix_create_logical(SEXP keysSEXP, SEXP valuesSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< std::vector < std::string > >::type keys(keysSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< std::vector < bool > >::type values(valuesSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(radix_create_logical(keys, values));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// get_keys_string
+std::vector < std::string > get_keys_string(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_get_keys_string(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(get_keys_string(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// get_keys_integer
+std::vector < std::string > get_keys_integer(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_get_keys_integer(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(get_keys_integer(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// get_keys_numeric
+std::vector < std::string > get_keys_numeric(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_get_keys_numeric(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(get_keys_numeric(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// get_keys_logical
+std::vector < std::string > get_keys_logical(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_get_keys_logical(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(get_keys_logical(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// get_values_string
+std::vector < std::string > get_values_string(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_get_values_string(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(get_values_string(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// get_values_integer
+std::vector < int > get_values_integer(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_get_values_integer(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(get_values_integer(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// get_values_numeric
+std::vector < double > get_values_numeric(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_get_values_numeric(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(get_values_numeric(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// get_values_logical
+std::vector < bool > get_values_logical(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_get_values_logical(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(get_values_logical(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// greedy_string
+List greedy_string(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_greedy_string(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(greedy_string(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// greedy_integer
+List greedy_integer(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_greedy_integer(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(greedy_integer(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// greedy_numeric
+List greedy_numeric(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_greedy_numeric(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(greedy_numeric(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// greedy_logical
+List greedy_logical(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_greedy_logical(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(greedy_logical(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// radix_len_string
+int radix_len_string(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_radix_len_string(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(radix_len_string(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// radix_len_integer
+int radix_len_integer(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_radix_len_integer(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(radix_len_integer(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// radix_len_numeric
+int radix_len_numeric(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_radix_len_numeric(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(radix_len_numeric(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// radix_len_logical
+int radix_len_logical(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_radix_len_logical(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(radix_len_logical(radix));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// longest_string
+CharacterVector longest_string(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_longest_string(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(longest_string(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// longest_integer
+IntegerVector longest_integer(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_longest_integer(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(longest_integer(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// longest_numeric
+NumericVector longest_numeric(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_longest_numeric(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(longest_numeric(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// longest_logical
+LogicalVector longest_logical(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_longest_logical(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(longest_logical(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// prefix_string
+List prefix_string(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_prefix_string(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(prefix_string(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// prefix_integer
+List prefix_integer(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_prefix_integer(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(prefix_integer(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// prefix_numeric
+List prefix_numeric(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_prefix_numeric(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(prefix_numeric(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// prefix_logical
+List prefix_logical(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_prefix_logical(SEXP radixSEXP, SEXP to_matchSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RObject __result;
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< CharacterVector >::type to_match(to_matchSEXP);
+    __result = Rcpp::wrap(prefix_logical(radix, to_match));
+    return __result;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// trie_str_string
+void trie_str_string(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_trie_str_string(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    trie_str_string(radix);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// trie_str_integer
+void trie_str_integer(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_trie_str_integer(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    trie_str_integer(radix);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// trie_str_numeric
+void trie_str_numeric(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_trie_str_numeric(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    trie_str_numeric(radix);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
+// trie_str_logical
+void trie_str_logical(SEXP radix);
+RcppExport SEXP triebeard_trie_str_logical(SEXP radixSEXP) {
+BEGIN_RCPP
+    Rcpp::RNGScope __rngScope;
+    Rcpp::traits::input_parameter< SEXP >::type radix(radixSEXP);
+    trie_str_logical(radix);
+    return R_NilValue;
+END_RCPP
+}
diff --git a/src/alter.cpp b/src/alter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb1a365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/alter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#include "r_trie.h"
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void add_trie_string(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys, CharacterVector values){
+  r_trie <std::string>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <std::string> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(trie);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  unsigned int in_size = keys.size();
+  for(unsigned int i = 0; i < in_size; i++){
+    if((i % 10000) == 0){
+      Rcpp::checkUserInterrupt();
+    }
+    if(keys[i] != NA_STRING && values[i] != NA_STRING){
+      rt_ptr->insert_value(Rcpp::as<std::string>(keys[i]), Rcpp::as<std::string>(values[i]));
+    }
+  }
+  rt_ptr->radix_size = rt_ptr->size();
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void add_trie_integer(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys, IntegerVector values){
+  r_trie <int>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <int> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(trie);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  unsigned int in_size = keys.size();
+  for(unsigned int i = 0; i < in_size; i++){
+    if((i % 10000) == 0){
+      Rcpp::checkUserInterrupt();
+    }
+    if(keys[i] != NA_STRING && values[i] != NA_INTEGER){
+      rt_ptr->insert_value(Rcpp::as<std::string>(keys[i]), values[i]);
+    }
+  }
+  rt_ptr->radix_size = rt_ptr->size();
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void add_trie_numeric(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys, NumericVector values){
+  r_trie <double>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <double> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(trie);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  unsigned int in_size = keys.size();
+  for(unsigned int i = 0; i < in_size; i++){
+    if((i % 10000) == 0){
+      Rcpp::checkUserInterrupt();
+    }
+    if(keys[i] != NA_STRING && values[i] != NA_REAL){
+      rt_ptr->insert_value(Rcpp::as<std::string>(keys[i]), values[i]);
+    }
+  }
+  rt_ptr->radix_size = rt_ptr->size();
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void add_trie_logical(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys, LogicalVector values){
+  r_trie <bool>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <bool> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(trie);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  unsigned int in_size = keys.size();
+  for(unsigned int i = 0; i < in_size; i++){
+    if((i % 10000) == 0){
+      Rcpp::checkUserInterrupt();
+    }
+    if(keys[i] != NA_STRING && values[i] != NA_LOGICAL){
+      rt_ptr->insert_value(Rcpp::as<std::string>(keys[i]), values[i]);
+    }
+  }
+  rt_ptr->radix_size = rt_ptr->size();
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void remove_trie_string(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys){
+  r_trie <std::string>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <std::string> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(trie);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  rt_ptr->remove_values(keys);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void remove_trie_integer(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys){
+  r_trie <int>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <int> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(trie);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  rt_ptr->remove_values(keys);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void remove_trie_numeric(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys){
+  r_trie <double>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <double> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(trie);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  rt_ptr->remove_values(keys);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void remove_trie_logical(SEXP trie, CharacterVector keys){
+  r_trie <bool>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <bool> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(trie);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  rt_ptr->remove_values(keys);
+}
diff --git a/src/create.cpp b/src/create.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bb2e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/create.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <Rcpp.h>
+#include "typedef.h"
+using namespace Rcpp;
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+SEXP radix_create_string(std::vector < std::string > keys, std::vector < std::string > values){
+  r_trie <std::string>* radix = new r_trie <std::string>(keys, values);
+  return XPtrRadixStr(radix);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+SEXP radix_create_integer(std::vector < std::string > keys, std::vector < int > values){
+  r_trie <int>* radix = new r_trie <int>(keys, values);
+  return XPtrRadixInt(radix);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+SEXP radix_create_numeric(std::vector < std::string > keys, std::vector < double > values){
+  r_trie <double>* radix = new r_trie <double>(keys, values);
+  XPtrRadixDouble ptr(radix);
+  return ptr;
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+SEXP radix_create_logical(std::vector < std::string > keys, std::vector < bool > values){
+  r_trie <bool>* radix = new r_trie <bool>(keys, values);
+  return XPtrRadixBool(radix);
+}
diff --git a/src/get.cpp b/src/get.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8132a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/get.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#include "r_trie.h"
+
+template <typename T>
+static inline std::vector < std::string > get_keys_generic(SEXP radix){
+  r_trie <T>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <T> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(radix);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  
+  return rt_ptr->get_keys();
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+std::vector < std::string > get_keys_string(SEXP radix){
+  return get_keys_generic<std::string>(radix);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+std::vector < std::string > get_keys_integer(SEXP radix){
+  return get_keys_generic<int>(radix);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+std::vector < std::string > get_keys_numeric(SEXP radix){
+  return get_keys_generic<double>(radix);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+std::vector < std::string > get_keys_logical(SEXP radix){
+  return get_keys_generic<bool>(radix);
+}
+
+
+
+template <typename T>
+static inline std::vector < T > get_values_generic(SEXP radix){
+  r_trie <T>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <T> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(radix);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  return rt_ptr->get_values();
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+std::vector < std::string > get_values_string(SEXP radix){
+  return get_values_generic<std::string>(radix);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+std::vector < int > get_values_integer(SEXP radix){
+  return get_values_generic<int>(radix);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+std::vector < double > get_values_numeric(SEXP radix){
+  return get_values_generic<double>(radix);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+std::vector < bool > get_values_logical(SEXP radix){
+  return get_values_generic<bool>(radix);
+}
diff --git a/src/greedy_match.cpp b/src/greedy_match.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3184bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/greedy_match.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#include <Rcpp.h>
+#include "r_trie.h"
+using namespace Rcpp;
+
+template <typename Q, typename X, typename Y>
+List greedy_generic(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match, Y non_match_val){
+  r_trie <Q>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <Q> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(radix);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+
+  unsigned int input_size = to_match.size();
+  List output(input_size);
+
+  for(unsigned int i = 0; i < input_size; i++){
+    if((i % 10000) == 0){
+      Rcpp::checkUserInterrupt();
+    }
+    X holding;
+    std::vector<typename radix_tree<std::string, Q>::iterator> vec;
+    typename std::vector<typename radix_tree<std::string, Q>::iterator>::iterator it;
+
+    if(to_match[i] == NA_STRING){
+      holding.push_back(non_match_val);
+    } else {
+      rt_ptr->radix.greedy_match(Rcpp::as<std::string>(to_match[i]), vec);
+      for (it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); ++it) {
+        holding.push_back((*it)->second);
+      }
+      if(holding.size() == 0){
+        holding.push_back(non_match_val);
+      }
+    }
+    output[i] = holding;
+  }
+  return output;
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+List greedy_string(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return greedy_generic<std::string, CharacterVector, String>(radix, to_match, NA_STRING);
+
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+List greedy_integer(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return greedy_generic<int, IntegerVector, int>(radix, to_match, NA_INTEGER);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+List greedy_numeric(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return greedy_generic<double, NumericVector, double>(radix, to_match, NA_REAL);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+List greedy_logical(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return greedy_generic<bool, LogicalVector, int>(radix, to_match, NA_INTEGER);
+}
diff --git a/src/length.cpp b/src/length.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36849f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/length.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include "r_trie.h"
+
+template <typename T>
+static inline int radix_len(SEXP radix){
+  r_trie <T>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <T> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(radix);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+
+  return rt_ptr->radix_size;
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+int radix_len_string(SEXP radix){
+  return radix_len<std::string>(radix);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+int radix_len_integer(SEXP radix){
+  return radix_len<int>(radix);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+int radix_len_numeric(SEXP radix){
+  return radix_len<double>(radix);
+}
+
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+int radix_len_logical(SEXP radix){
+  return radix_len<bool>(radix);
+}
diff --git a/src/longest_match.cpp b/src/longest_match.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a1a947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/longest_match.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#include <Rcpp.h>
+#include "r_trie.h"
+using namespace Rcpp;
+
+template <typename X, typename Y, typename Z>
+X longest_generic(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match, Z missing_val){
+  r_trie <Y>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <Y> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(radix);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  typename radix_tree<std::string, Y>::iterator it;
+
+  unsigned int input_size = to_match.size();
+  X output(input_size);
+
+  for(unsigned int i = 0; i < input_size; i++){
+    if((i % 10000) == 0){
+      Rcpp::checkUserInterrupt();
+    }
+    if(to_match[i] == NA_STRING){
+      output[i] = missing_val;
+    } else {
+      it = rt_ptr->radix.longest_match(Rcpp::as<std::string>(to_match[i]));
+      if(it != rt_ptr->radix.end()){
+        output[i] = it->second;
+      } else {
+        output[i] = missing_val;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return output;
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+CharacterVector longest_string(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return longest_generic<CharacterVector, std::string, String>(radix, to_match, NA_STRING);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+IntegerVector longest_integer(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return longest_generic<IntegerVector, int, int>(radix, to_match, NA_INTEGER);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+NumericVector longest_numeric(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return longest_generic<NumericVector, double, double>(radix, to_match, NA_REAL);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+LogicalVector longest_logical(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return longest_generic<LogicalVector, bool, int>(radix, to_match, NA_INTEGER);
+}
diff --git a/src/prefix_match.cpp b/src/prefix_match.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdf588a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prefix_match.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#include <Rcpp.h>
+#include "r_trie.h"
+using namespace Rcpp;
+
+template <typename X, typename Y, typename Z>
+List prefix_generic(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match, Z missing_val){
+  r_trie <Y>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <Y> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(radix);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  typename radix_tree<std::string, Y>::iterator it;
+
+  unsigned int input_size = to_match.size();
+  List output(input_size);
+
+  for(unsigned int i = 0; i < input_size; i++){
+    if((i % 10000) == 0){
+      Rcpp::checkUserInterrupt();
+    }
+    X holding;
+    std::vector<typename radix_tree<std::string, Y>::iterator> vec;
+    typename std::vector<typename radix_tree<std::string, Y>::iterator>::iterator it;
+
+    if(to_match[i] == NA_STRING){
+      holding.push_back(missing_val);
+    } else {
+      rt_ptr->radix.prefix_match(Rcpp::as<std::string>(to_match[i]), vec);
+      for (it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); ++it) {
+        holding.push_back((*it)->second);
+      }
+      if(holding.size() == 0){
+        holding.push_back(missing_val);
+      }
+    }
+    output[i] = holding;
+  }
+  return output;
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+List prefix_string(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return prefix_generic<CharacterVector, std::string, String>(radix, to_match, NA_STRING);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+List prefix_integer(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return prefix_generic<IntegerVector, int, int>(radix, to_match, NA_INTEGER);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+List prefix_numeric(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return prefix_generic<NumericVector, double, double>(radix, to_match, NA_REAL);
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+List prefix_logical(SEXP radix, CharacterVector to_match){
+  return prefix_generic<LogicalVector, bool, int>(radix, to_match, NA_INTEGER);
+}
diff --git a/src/r_trie.h b/src/r_trie.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0eb30e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/r_trie.h
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#include <Rcpp.h>
+#include <radix.h>
+using namespace Rcpp;
+
+#ifndef __RTRIE_CORE__
+#define __RTRIE_CORE__
+
+static inline void ptr_check(void *ptr){
+  if (ptr == NULL){
+    stop("invalid trie object; pointer is NULL");
+  }
+}
+
+template <class T>
+class r_trie {
+
+  public:
+
+    int size(){
+      return radix.size();
+    }
+
+    radix_tree<std::string, T> radix;
+
+    int radix_size;
+
+    r_trie(std::vector < std::string > keys, std::vector < T > values){
+      unsigned int in_size = keys.size();
+      for(unsigned int i = 0; i < in_size; i++){
+        if((i % 10000) == 0){
+          Rcpp::checkUserInterrupt();
+        }
+        radix[keys[i]] = values[i];
+      }
+      radix_size = size();
+    }
+
+    std::vector < std::string > get_keys(){
+      int input_size = size();
+      int iter = 0;
+      std::vector < std::string > output(input_size);
+
+      typename radix_tree< std::string, T >::iterator it;
+      for (it = radix.begin(); it != radix.end(); ++it) {
+        output[iter] = it->first;
+        iter++;
+      }
+      return output;
+    }
+
+    std::vector < T > get_values(){
+      int input_size = size();
+      int iter = 0;
+      std::vector < T > output(input_size);
+
+      typename radix_tree< std::string, T >::iterator it;
+      for (it = radix.begin(); it != radix.end(); ++it) {
+        output[iter] = it->second;
+        iter++;
+      }
+      return output;
+    }
+
+    void insert_value(std::string key, T value){
+      radix[key] = value;
+    }
+
+    void remove_values(CharacterVector keys){
+      unsigned int in_size = keys.size();
+      for(unsigned int i = 0; i < in_size; i++){
+        if((i % 10000) == 0){
+          Rcpp::checkUserInterrupt();
+        }
+        if(keys[i] != NA_STRING){
+          radix.erase(Rcpp::as<std::string>(keys[i]));
+        }
+      }
+      
+      radix_size = size();
+    }
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/str.cpp b/src/str.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2e5e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/str.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#include "r_trie.h"
+
+#define PRINTMAX 75
+
+template <typename T>
+static inline int numlen(T num){
+  return ((int)std::log10(num))+1;
+}
+
+// TODO NA's
+static inline int printsize(std::string x){
+  return x.length();
+}
+
+static inline int printsize(int x){
+  if (x == NA_INTEGER)
+    return 2;
+  else
+    return numlen(x);
+}
+
+static inline int printsize(double x){
+  if (ISNA(x))
+    return 2;
+  else
+    return numlen(x);
+}
+
+static inline int printsize(bool x){
+  if (x == NA_LOGICAL)
+    return 2;
+  else
+    return 1;
+}
+
+// TODO NA's
+static inline void valprinter(std::string val){
+  Rcout << "\"";
+  Rcout << val;
+  Rcout << "\"" << " ";
+}
+
+static inline void valprinter(int val){
+  if (val == NA_INTEGER)
+    Rcout << "NA";
+  else
+    Rcout << val;
+}
+
+static inline void valprinter(double val){
+  if (ISNA(val))
+    Rcout << "NA";
+  else
+    Rcout << val;
+}
+
+static inline void valprinter(bool val){
+  if (val == NA_INTEGER)
+    Rcout << "NA";
+  else
+  {
+    if (val)
+      Rcout << "TRUE";
+    else
+      Rcout << "FALSE";
+  }
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+static inline void trie_str_generic(SEXP radix, std::string type_str){
+  r_trie <T>* rt_ptr = (r_trie <T> *) R_ExternalPtrAddr(radix);
+  ptr_check(rt_ptr);
+  
+  int input_size = rt_ptr->size();
+  int iter;
+  int printed = 0;
+  
+  Rcout << "  Keys:   chr [1:" << input_size << "] ";
+  printed += 19 + numlen(input_size);
+  
+  typename radix_tree< std::string, T >::iterator it;
+  
+  iter = 0;
+  for (it = rt_ptr->radix.begin(); it != rt_ptr->radix.end() && printed < PRINTMAX; ++it) {
+    printed += it->first.length();
+    if (iter > 0 && printed > PRINTMAX)
+      break;
+    
+    Rcout << "\"" << it->first << "\"" << " ";
+    
+    iter++;
+  }
+  
+  if (iter < input_size)
+    Rcout << "...";
+  Rcout << std::endl;
+  printed = 0;
+  Rcout << "  Values: " << type_str << " [1:" << input_size << "] ";
+  printed += 15 + type_str.length() + numlen(input_size);
+  
+  iter = 0;
+  for (it = rt_ptr->radix.begin(); it != rt_ptr->radix.end() && iter < 5; ++it) {
+    printed += printsize(it->second);
+    if (iter > 0 && printed > PRINTMAX)
+      break;
+    
+    valprinter(it->second);
+    Rcout << " ";
+    
+    iter++;
+  }
+  
+  if (iter < input_size)
+    Rcout << "...";
+  Rcout << std::endl;
+}
+
+
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void trie_str_string(SEXP radix){
+  trie_str_generic<std::string>(radix, "str");
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void trie_str_integer(SEXP radix){
+  trie_str_generic<int>(radix, "int");
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void trie_str_numeric(SEXP radix){
+  trie_str_generic<double>(radix, "num");
+}
+
+//[[Rcpp::export]]
+void trie_str_logical(SEXP radix){
+  trie_str_generic<bool>(radix, "logi");
+}
diff --git a/src/typedef.h b/src/typedef.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b87fea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/typedef.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "r_trie.h"
+
+#ifndef __RTRIE_TYPES__
+#define __RTRIE_TYPES__
+
+template <typename T>
+void finaliseRadix(r_trie <T>* radix_inst){
+  delete radix_inst;
+}
+
+typedef Rcpp::XPtr<r_trie <std::string>, Rcpp::PreserveStorage, finaliseRadix> XPtrRadixStr;
+typedef Rcpp::XPtr<r_trie <int>, Rcpp::PreserveStorage, finaliseRadix> XPtrRadixInt;
+typedef Rcpp::XPtr<r_trie <bool>, Rcpp::PreserveStorage, finaliseRadix> XPtrRadixBool;
+typedef Rcpp::XPtr<r_trie <double>, Rcpp::PreserveStorage, finaliseRadix> XPtrRadixDouble;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11c8673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat.R
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+library(testthat)
+library(triebeard)
+
+test_check("triebeard")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_alter.R b/tests/testthat/test_alter.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3adf679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_alter.R
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+context("Test trie alteration")
+
+testthat::test_that("String tries can be altered", {
+  trie <- trie("foo", "bar")
+  original_length <- length(trie)
+  trie_add(trie, "baz", "qux")
+  increased_length <- length(trie)
+  trie_remove(trie, "baz")
+
+  testthat::expect_true(original_length < increased_length)
+  testthat::expect_true(length(trie) == original_length)
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("String tries can be altered", {
+  trie <- trie("foo", "bar")
+  original_length <- length(trie)
+  trie_add(trie, "baz", "qux")
+  increased_length <- length(trie)
+  trie_remove(trie, "baz")
+
+  testthat::expect_true(original_length < increased_length)
+  testthat::expect_true(length(trie) == original_length)
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Integer tries can be altered", {
+  trie <- trie("foo", 1)
+  original_length <- length(trie)
+  trie_add(trie, "baz", 2)
+  increased_length <- length(trie)
+  trie_remove(trie, "baz")
+
+  testthat::expect_true(original_length < increased_length)
+  testthat::expect_true(length(trie) == original_length)
+})
+
+
+testthat::test_that("Numeric tries can be altered", {
+  trie <- trie("foo", as.numeric(1))
+  original_length <- length(trie)
+  trie_add(trie, "baz", as.numeric(2))
+  increased_length <- length(trie)
+  trie_remove(trie, "baz")
+
+  testthat::expect_true(original_length < increased_length)
+  testthat::expect_true(length(trie) == original_length)
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Logical tries can be altered", {
+  trie <- trie("foo", FALSE)
+  original_length <- length(trie)
+  trie_add(trie, "baz", TRUE)
+  increased_length <- length(trie)
+  trie_remove(trie, "baz")
+
+  testthat::expect_true(original_length < increased_length)
+  testthat::expect_true(length(trie) == original_length)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_convert.R b/tests/testthat/test_convert.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0d98eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_convert.R
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+testthat::context("Test conversion of tries into other R objects")
+
+testthat::test_that("Tries can be turned into lists", {
+  trie_inst <- trie("foo", "bar")
+  trlist <- as.list(trie_inst)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.list(trlist))
+  testthat::expect_equal(length(trlist), 2)
+  testthat::expect_equal(names(trlist), c("keys", "values"))
+  testthat::expect_equal(trlist$values, "bar")
+  testthat::expect_equal(trlist$keys, "foo")
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Tries can be turned into lists", {
+  trie_inst <- trie("foo", "bar")
+  trlist <- as.data.frame(trie_inst)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.data.frame(trlist))
+  testthat::expect_equal(ncol(trlist), 2)
+  testthat::expect_equal(names(trlist), c("keys", "values"))
+  testthat::expect_equal(trlist$values, "bar")
+  testthat::expect_equal(trlist$keys, "foo")
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_create.R b/tests/testthat/test_create.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42dfead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_create.R
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+context("Test trie creation")
+
+testthat::test_that("String tries can be created and safely avoid collection", {
+  string_trie <- trie(LETTERS, LETTERS)
+  testthat::expect_true(any(class(string_trie) == "string_trie"))
+  testthat::expect_true(any(class(string_trie) == "trie"))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Integer tries can be created", {
+  int_trie <- trie(LETTERS, 1:length(LETTERS))
+
+  testthat::expect_true(any(class(int_trie) == "integer_trie"))
+  testthat::expect_true(any(class(int_trie) == "trie"))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Double tries can be created", {
+  vals <- as.double(1:length(LETTERS))
+  double_trie <- trie(LETTERS, vals)
+
+  testthat::expect_true(any(class(double_trie) == "numeric_trie"))
+  testthat::expect_true(any(class(double_trie) == "trie"))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Logical tries can be created", {
+  vals <- as.logical(rep(c(0,1), (length(LETTERS)/2)))
+  bool_trie <- trie(LETTERS, vals)
+
+  testthat::expect_true(any(class(bool_trie) == "logical_trie"))
+  testthat::expect_true(any(class(bool_trie) == "trie"))
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_get.R b/tests/testthat/test_get.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54d5468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_get.R
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+context("Test key and value retrieval")
+
+testthat::test_that("String keys and values can be retrieved", {
+  string_trie <- trie(LETTERS, LETTERS)
+  testthat::expect_equal(LETTERS, get_values(string_trie))
+  testthat::expect_equal(LETTERS, get_keys(string_trie))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Integer keys and values can be retrieved", {
+  int_trie <- trie(LETTERS, 1:length(LETTERS))
+  testthat::expect_equal(1:length(LETTERS), get_values(int_trie))
+  testthat::expect_equal(LETTERS, get_keys(int_trie))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Numeric keys and values can be retrieved", {
+  vals <- as.double(1:length(LETTERS))
+  double_trie <- trie(LETTERS, vals)
+
+  testthat::expect_equal(vals, get_values(double_trie))
+  testthat::expect_equal(LETTERS, get_keys(double_trie))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Boolean keys and values can be retrieved", {
+  vals <- as.logical(rep(c(0,1), (length(LETTERS)/2)))
+  bool_trie <- trie(LETTERS, vals)
+
+  testthat::expect_equal(vals, get_values(bool_trie))
+  testthat::expect_equal(LETTERS, get_keys(bool_trie))
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_greedy.R b/tests/testthat/test_greedy.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb539bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_greedy.R
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+testthat::context("Test that greedy-matching works")
+
+testthat::test_that("greedy matching works for string tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"))
+  output <- greedy_match(trie, "avoid")
+  testthat::expect_equal(length(output), 1)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.list(output))
+  testthat::expect_true(all(output[[1]] == "available"))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("greedy matching works for integer tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6))
+  output <- greedy_match(trie, "avoid")
+  testthat::expect_equal(length(output), 1)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.list(output))
+  testthat::expect_true(all(output[[1]] == 3))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("greedy matching works for numeric tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = as.numeric(c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)))
+  output <- greedy_match(trie, "avoid")
+  testthat::expect_equal(length(output), 1)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.list(output))
+  testthat::expect_true(all(output[[1]] == 3))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("greedy matching works for logical tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE))
+  output <- greedy_match(trie, "avoid")
+  testthat::expect_equal(length(output), 1)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.list(output))
+  testthat::expect_true(output[[1]])
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("greedy matching objects to non-trie objects", {
+  expect_error(greedy_match("foo", "bar"))
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_longest.R b/tests/testthat/test_longest.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df6c17f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_longest.R
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+testthat::context("Test that longest-matching works")
+
+testthat::test_that("Longest matching works for string tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"))
+  testthat::expect_equal(longest_match(trie, "binder"), "bind")
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Longest matching works for integer tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6))
+  testthat::expect_equal(longest_match(trie, "binder"), 5)
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Longest matching works for numeric tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = as.numeric(c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)))
+  testthat::expect_equal(longest_match(trie, "binder"), 5.0)
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Longest matching works for logical tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE))
+  testthat::expect_true(longest_match(trie, "binder"))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("Longest matching objects to non-trie objects", {
+  expect_error(longest_match("foo", "bar"))
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_prefix.R b/tests/testthat/test_prefix.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5515993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_prefix.R
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+testthat::context("Test that prefix-matching works")
+
+testthat::test_that("prefix matching works for string tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"))
+  output <- prefix_match(trie, "bin")
+  testthat::expect_equal(length(output), 1)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.list(output))
+  testthat::expect_true(all(output[[1]] == c("binary", "bind")))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("prefix matching works for integer tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6))
+  output <- prefix_match(trie, "bin")
+  testthat::expect_equal(length(output), 1)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.list(output))
+  testthat::expect_true(all(output[[1]] == c(4, 5)))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("prefix matching works for numeric tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = as.numeric(c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)))
+  output <- prefix_match(trie, "bin")
+  testthat::expect_equal(length(output), 1)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.list(output))
+  testthat::expect_true(all(output[[1]] == c(4, 5)))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("prefix matching works for logical tries", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE))
+  output <- prefix_match(trie, "bin")
+  testthat::expect_equal(length(output), 1)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.list(output))
+  testthat::expect_true(all(output[[1]] == c(FALSE, TRUE)))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("prefix matching objects to non-trie objects", {
+  expect_error(prefix_match("foo", "bar"))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("prefix matching produces NAs with impossibilities", {
+  trie <- trie(keys = c("afford", "affair", "available", "binary", "bind", "blind"),
+                      values = c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE))
+  output <- prefix_match(trie, "bingo")
+  testthat::expect_equal(length(output), 1)
+  testthat::expect_true(is.list(output))
+  testthat::expect_true(is.na(output[[1]]))
+})
diff --git a/vignettes/r_radix.Rmd b/vignettes/r_radix.Rmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8750da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vignettes/r_radix.Rmd
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+---
+title: "Radix trees in R"
+author: "Oliver Keyes"
+date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
+output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
+vignette: >
+  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Radix trees in R}
+  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
+  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
+---
+
+A **radix tree**, or **trie**, is a data structure optimised for storing key-value pairs in a way optimised for searching. This makes them very, very good for efficiently matching data against keys, and retrieving the values *associated* with those keys.
+
+`triebeard` provides an implementation of tries for R (and one that can be used in Rcpp development, too, if that's your thing) so that useRs can take advantage of the fast, efficient and user-friendly matching that they allow.
+
+## Radix usage
+
+Suppose we have observations in a dataset that are labelled, with a 2-3 letter code that identifies the facility the sample came from:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+labels <- c("AO-1002", "AEO-1004", "AAI-1009", "AFT-1403", "QZ-9065", "QZ-1021", "RF-0901",
+            "AO-1099", "AFT-1101", "QZ-4933")
+```
+
+We know the facility each code maps to, and we want to be able to map the labels to that - not over 10 entries but over hundreds, or thousands, or hundreds *of* thousands. Tries are a great way of doing that: we treat the codes as *keys* and the full facility names as *values*. So let's make a trie to do this matching, and then, well, match:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+library(triebeard)
+trie <- trie(keys = c("AO", "AEO", "AAI", "AFT", "QZ", "RF"),
+             values = c("Audobon", "Atlanta", "Ann Arbor", "Austin", "Queensland", "Raleigh"))
+
+longest_match(trie = trie, to_match = labels)
+
+ [1] "Audobon"    "Atlanta"    "Ann Arbor"  "Austin"     "Queensland" "Queensland" "Raleigh"    "Audobon"    "Austin"    
+[10] "Queensland"
+````
+
+This pulls out, for each label, the trie value where the associated key has the longest prefix-match to the label. We can also just grab all the values where the key starts with, say, A:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+prefix_match(trie = trie, to_match = "A")
+
+[[1]]
+[1] "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta"   "Austin"    "Audobon"  
+```
+
+And finally if we want we can match very, very fuzzily using "greedy" matching:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+greedy_match(trie = trie, to_match = "AO")
+
+[[1]]
+[1] "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta"   "Austin"    "Audobon"  
+```
+
+These operations are very, very efficient. If we use longest-match as an example, since that's the most useful thing, with a one-million element vector of things to match against:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+library(triebeard)
+library(microbenchmark)
+
+trie <- trie(keys = c("AO", "AEO", "AAI", "AFT", "QZ", "RF"),
+             values = c("Audobon", "Atlanta", "Ann Arbor", "Austin", "Queensland", "Raleigh"))
+
+labels <- rep(c("AO-1002", "AEO-1004", "AAI-1009", "AFT-1403", "QZ-9065", "QZ-1021", "RF-0901",
+                "AO-1099", "AFT-1101", "QZ-4933"), 100000)
+
+microbenchmark({longest_match(trie = trie, to_match = labels)})
+
+Unit: milliseconds
+                                                  expr      min       lq     mean   median       uq      max neval
+ {     longest_match(trie = trie, to_match = labels) } 284.6457 285.5902 289.5342 286.8775 288.4564 327.3878   100
+```
+
+I think we can call <300 milliseconds for a million matches against an entire set of possible values pretty fast.
+
+## Radix modification
+
+There's always the possibility that (horror of horrors) you'll have to add or remove entries from the trie. Fear not; you can do just that with `trie_add` and `trie_remove` respectively, both of which silently modify the trie they're provided with to add or remove whatever key-value pairs you provide:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+to_match = "198.0.0.1"
+trie_inst <- trie(keys = "197", values = "fake range")
+
+longest_match(trie_inst, to_match)
+[1] NA
+
+trie_add(trie_inst, keys = "198", values = "home range")
+longest_match(trie_inst, to_match)
+[1] "home range"
+
+trie_remove(trie_inst, keys = "198")
+longest_match(trie_inst, to_match)
+[1] NA
+```
+
+## Metadata and coercion
+
+You can also extract information from tries without using them. `dim`, `str`, `print` and `length` all work for tries, and you can use `get_keys(trie)` and `get_values(trie)` to extract, respectively, the keys and values from a trie object.
+
+In addition, you can also coerce tries into other R data structures, specifically lists and data.frames:
+
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
+trie <- trie(keys = c("AO", "AEO", "AAI", "AFT", "QZ", "RF"),
+             values = c("Audobon", "Atlanta", "Ann Arbor", "Austin", "Queensland", "Raleigh"))
+
+str(as.data.frame(trie))
+'data.frame':	6 obs. of  2 variables:
+ $ keys  : chr  "AAI" "AEO" "AFT" "AO" ...
+ $ values: chr  "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta" "Austin" "Audobon" ...
+
+str(as.list(trie))
+
+List of 2
+ $ keys  : chr [1:6] "AAI" "AEO" "AFT" "AO" ...
+ $ values: chr [1:6] "Ann Arbor" "Atlanta" "Austin" "Audobon" ...
+```
+
+### Other trie operations
+
+If you have ideas for other trie-like structures, or functions that would be useful with *these* tries, the best approach
+is to either [request it](https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/issues) or [add it](https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/pulls)!
diff --git a/vignettes/rcpp_radix.Rmd b/vignettes/rcpp_radix.Rmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e9db29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vignettes/rcpp_radix.Rmd
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+---
+title: "Radix trees in Rcpp"
+author: "Oliver Keyes"
+date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
+output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
+vignette: >
+  %\VignetteIndexEntry{Radix trees in Rcpp}
+  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
+  %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
+---
+
+A **radix tree** is a data structure optimised for storing key-value pairs in a way optimised for searching. This makes them very, very good for efficiently matching data against keys, and retrieving the values *associated* with those keys.
+
+`triebeard` provides an implementation of radix trees for Rcpp (and also for use directly in R). To start using radix trees in your Rcpp development, simply modify your C++ file to include at the top:
+
+```{Rcpp, eval=FALSE}
+//[[Rcpp::depends(triebeard)]]
+#include <radix.h>
+```
+
+## Constructing trees
+
+Trees are constructed using the syntax:
+
+```{Rcpp, eval=FALSE}
+radix_tree<type1, type2> radix;
+```
+
+Where `type` represents the type of the keys (for example, `std::string`) and `type2` the type of the values.
+
+Radix trees can have any scalar type as keys, although strings are most typical; they can also have any scalar type for values. Once you've constructed a tree, new entries can be added in a very R-like way: `radix[new_key] = new_value;`. Entries can also be removed, with `radix.erase(key)`.
+
+## Matching against trees
+
+We then move on to the fun bit: matching! As mentioned, radix trees are really good for matching arbitrary values against keys (well, keys of the same type) and retrieving the associated values.
+
+There are three types of supported matching; longest, prefix, and greedy. Longest does exactly what it says on the tin: it finds the key-value pair where the longest initial part of the key matches the arbitrary value:
+
+```{Rcpp, eval=FALSE}
+radix_tree<std::string, std::string> radix;
+radix["turnin"] = "entry the first";
+radix["turin"] = "entry the second";
+
+radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator it;
+
+it = radix.longest_match("turing");
+
+if(it = radix.end()){
+  printf("No match was found :(");
+} else {
+  std::string result = "Key of longest match: " + it->first + " , value of longest match: " + it->second;
+}
+```
+
+Prefix matching provides all trie entries where the value-to-match is a *prefix* of the key:
+
+```{Rcpp, eval=FALSE}
+radix_tree<std::string, std::string> radix;
+radix["turnin"] = "entry the first";
+radix["turin"] = "entry the second";
+
+std::vector<radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator> vec;
+std::vector<radix_tree<std::string, std::string>::iterator>::iterator it;
+
+it = radix.prefix_match("tur");
+
+if(it == vec.end()){
+  printf("No match was found :(");
+} else {
+  for (it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); ++it) {
+    std::string result = "Key of a prefix match: " + it->first + " , value of a prefix match: " + it->second;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Greedy matching matches very, very fuzzily (a value of 'bring', for example, will match 'blind', 'bind' and 'binary') and, syntactically, looks exactly the same as prefix-matching, albeit with `radix.greedy_match()` instead of `radix.prefix_match()`.
+
+
+### Other trie things
+
+If you have ideas for other trie-like structures, or functions that would be useful with *these* tries, the best approach
+is to either [request it](https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/issues) or [add it](https://github.com/Ironholds/triebeard/pulls)!

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