[LeetCode 20] Valid Parentheses Solution

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.

idea: go through the string. use a stack to store the '(''[''{'. then, if it is ')'']''}', check the stack.

The key of this question is how to use stack.

class Solution {
public:
    bool isValid(string s) {
        bool flag = false;
        if(s.size() <= 1) return flag;
        if(s.size() % 2 == 1) return flag;
        stack <char> myStack;
        
        for(int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++ ){
            if(s[i] == '(' || s[i] == '[' || s[i] == '{'){
                myStack.push(s[i]);
            }else{
                if(myStack.empty()) return false;
                
                char back = myStack.top();
                if(back == '('){
                    if(s[i] != ')') return false;
                    else myStack.pop();
                }
                else if(back == '['){
                    if(s[i] != ']') return false;
                    else myStack.pop();
                }
                else if(back == '{'){
                    if(s[i] != '}') return false;
                    else myStack.pop();
                }
            }
        }
        
        if(myStack.empty()) return true;
        else return false;
    }
};