Valid Parentheses
Given a string s containing just the characters '(', ')', '{', '}', '[' and ']', determine if the input string is valid.
An input string is valid if:
Open brackets must be closed by the same type of brackets.
Open brackets must be closed in the correct order.
Every close bracket has a corresponding open bracket of the same type.
class Solution(object):
def isValid(self, s):
stack = [] # create an empty stack to store opening brackets
for c in s: # loop through each character in the string
if c in '([{': # if the character is an opening bracket
stack.append(c) # push it onto the stack
else: # if the character is a closing bracket
if not stack or \
(c == ')' and stack[-1] != '(') or \
(c == '}' and stack[-1] != '{') or \
(c == ']' and stack[-1] != '['):
return False # the string is not valid, so return false
stack.pop() # otherwise, pop the opening bracket from the stack
return not stack # if the stack is empty, all opening brackets have been matched with their corresponding closing brackets,
# so the string is valid, otherwise, there are unmatched opening brackets, so return false
Posted by Jamie Meyer a month ago