[Leetcode]020. Valid Parentheses

Given a string containing just the characters ‘(‘, ‘)’, ‘{‘, ‘}’, ‘[’ and ‘]’, determine if the input string is valid.

The brackets must close in the correct order, “()” and “()[]{}” are all valid but “(]” and “([)]” are not.

括号的匹配问题，用stack来解决很容易，先让第一个字符串进栈，然后栈顶括号的与第二个比较，依次类推，直到没有栈外没有元素为止。

public class Solution {
    public boolean isValid(String s) {
        Stack<Character> stack = new Stack<Character>();
        // Iterate through string until empty
        for(int i = 0; i<s.length(); i++) {
            // Push any open parentheses onto stack
            if(s.charAt(i) == '(' || s.charAt(i) == '[' || s.charAt(i) == '{')
                stack.push(s.charAt(i));
            // Check stack for corresponding closing parentheses, false if not valid
            else if(s.charAt(i) == ')' && !stack.empty() && stack.peek() == '(')
                stack.pop();
            else if(s.charAt(i) == ']' && !stack.empty() && stack.peek() == '[')
                stack.pop();
            else if(s.charAt(i) == '}' && !stack.empty() && stack.peek() == '{')
                stack.pop();
            else
                return false;
        }
        // return true if no open parentheses left in stack
        return stack.empty();
    }
}