Valid Parentheses Problem & Solution

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

See the valid parentheses problem on LeetCode.

C++ Solution

#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#pragma GCC optimization("unroll-loops")

static const int _=[](){std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(nullptr);cout.tie(nullptr);return 0;}();

class Solution {
public:
  bool isValid(string s) {
    stack<char> sc;

    for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i) {
      if (s[i] == '(' || s[i] == '[' || s[i] == '{') {
        sc.push(s[i]);
      } else if (!sc.empty() && ((s[i] == ')' && sc.top() == '(') ||
                                 (s[i] == ']' && sc.top() == '[') ||
                                 (s[i] == '}' && sc.top() == '{'))) {
        sc.pop();
      } else {
        return false;
      }
    }

    return sc.empty();
  }
};

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