20. Valid Parentheses

Given a string 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.
Note that an empty string is also considered valid.

Example 1:

Input: "()"
Output: true

Example 2:

Input: "()[]{}"
Output: true

Example 3:

Input: "(]"
Output: false

Example 4:

Input: "([)]"
Output: false

Example 5:

Input: "{[]}"
Output: true

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solution:

class Solution {
    public boolean isValid(String s) {
        Stack<Character> stack = new Stack<Character>();
        for(char c : s.toCharArray()){
            if(c == '(') stack.push(')');
            else if(c == '{') stack.push('}');
            else if(c == '[') stack.push(']');
            else if(stack.isEmpty() || stack.pop() != c) return false;
        }
        return stack.isEmpty();
    }
}

知识点：
string.toCharArray() 这个方法可以方便便利
stack.push() 入栈
stack.pop() 出栈并返回值
stack.isEmpty() 判断是否为空