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git clone https://github.com/gabrocheleau/merkle-patricia-tree-examples.git
cd merkle-patricia-tree-examples/
npm install

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await trie1.put(Buffer.from('testKey'), Buffer.from('testValue'))
await trie1.put(Buffer.from('testKey0001'), Buffer.from('testValue1'))
await trie1.put(Buffer.from('testKey000A'), Buffer.from('testValueA')) // What Marie claims

await trie2.put(Buffer.from('testKey'), Buffer.from('testValue'))
await trie2.put(Buffer.from('testKey0001'), Buffer.from('testValue1'))
await trie2.put(Buffer.from('testKey000z'), Buffer.from('testValuez')) // What John claims

var temp1 = await trie1.findPath(Buffer.from('testKey'))
var temp2 = await trie2.findPath(Buffer.from('testKey'))

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console.log('Value of branch at index 3: ', node1.node._branches[3][1].toString())
console.log('Value of branch at index 4: ', node1.node._branches[4][1].toString())

// RESULT
Value of branch at index 3:  testValue0
Value of branch at index 4:  testValueA

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async function test() {
  var node1 = await trie.findPath(Buffer.from('testKey')) // We attempt to retrieve the node using the key "testKey"
  console.log('Node 1: ', node1.node) // null
}

test()

// RESULT
Node 1:  null

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var node1 = await trie.findPath(Buffer.from('testKey0')) // We retrieve one of the leaf nodes
console.log('Node 1: ', node1.node) // A leaf node! We can see that it contains 2 items: the encodedPath and the value
console.log('Node 1 value: ', node1.node._value.toString()) // The leaf node's value

// RESULT
Node 1:  LeafNode {
  _nibbles: [ 0 ],
  _value: 
}
Node 1 value:  testValue0

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console.log('Node value: ', node1.node._value.toString()) // The branch node's value

// RESULT
Node value:  testValue

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await trie.put(Buffer.from('testKey0'), Buffer.from('testValue0'))
await trie.put(Buffer.from('testKeyA'), Buffer.from('testValueA'))

var node1 = await trie.findPath(Buffer.from('testKey')) // We retrieve the node at the "branching" off of the keys
console.log('Node: ', node1.node) // A branch node!

console.log('Node value: ', node1.node._value) // The branch node's value, in this case an empty buffer since the key "testValue" isn't assigned a value

// RESULT
Node:  BranchNode {

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console.log(Buffer.from('testKey0001'))
console.log(Buffer.from('testKey000A'))

// RESULT

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// <--path-->  <------------- value ----------------->
[ ,  ] // going down the path of "testKey0"
[ ,  ] // going down the path of "testKeyA"

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//      <------ same ------> <-> (different)
           // "testKey0", "0" = 30 in bytes
           // "testKeyA", "A" = 41 in bytes