【LeetCode】20、有效的括号

题目描述

给定一个只包括 '('，')'，'{'，'}'，'['，']' 的字符串，判断字符串是否有效。

有效字符串需满足：

左括号必须用相同类型的右括号闭合。
左括号必须以正确的顺序闭合。
注意空字符串可被认为是有效字符串。

示例

示例 1:

输入: "()"
输出: true
示例 2:

输入: "()[]{}"
输出: true
示例 3:

输入: "(]"
输出: false
示例 4:

输入: "([)]"
输出: false
示例 5:

输入: "{[]}"
输出: true

题解

使用栈的方式，当左括号进的时候都压栈，见到右括号弹出一个，如果括号匹配则继续，不匹配则字符串无效，最终栈中为空。

class Solution {

  // Hash table that takes care of the mappings.
  private HashMap<Character, Character> mappings;

  // Initialize hash map with mappings. This simply makes the code easier to read.
  public Solution() {
    this.mappings = new HashMap<Character, Character>();
    this.mappings.put(')', '(');
    this.mappings.put('}', '{');
    this.mappings.put(']', '[');
  }

  public boolean isValid(String s) {

    // Initialize a stack to be used in the algorithm.
    Stack<Character> stack = new Stack<Character>();

    for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
      char c = s.charAt(i);

      // If the current character is a closing bracket.
      if (this.mappings.containsKey(c)) {

        // Get the top element of the stack. If the stack is empty, set a dummy value of '#'
        char topElement = stack.empty() ? '#' : stack.pop();

        // If the mapping for this bracket doesn't match the stack's top element, return false.
        if (topElement != this.mappings.get(c)) {
          return false;
        }
      } else {
        // If it was an opening bracket, push to the stack.
        stack.push(c);
      }
    }

    // If the stack still contains elements, then it is an invalid expression.
    return stack.isEmpty();
  }
}