// Author: Rodney Shaghoulian // Github: github.com/RodneyShag // HackerRank: hackerrank.com/RodneyShag import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.ArrayDeque; // ArrayDeque is "likely to be faster than Stack when used as a stack" - Java documentation class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) { /* Create HashMap to match opening brackets with closing brackets */ HashMap map = new HashMap<>(); map.put('(', ')'); map.put('[', ']'); map.put('{', '}'); /* Test each expression for validity */ Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); while (scan.hasNext()) { String expression = scan.next(); System.out.println(isBalanced(expression, map) ? "true" : "false" ); } scan.close(); } private static boolean isBalanced(String expression, HashMap map) { if ((expression.length() % 2) != 0) { return false; // odd length Strings are not balanced } ArrayDeque deque = new ArrayDeque<>(); // use deque as a stack for (int i = 0; i < expression.length(); i++) { Character ch = expression.charAt(i); if (map.containsKey(ch)) { deque.push(ch); } else if (deque.isEmpty() || ch != map.get(deque.pop())) { return false; } } return deque.isEmpty(); } }