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Valid Parentheses

Problem statement

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

An input string is valid if:

  1. Open brackets must be closed by the same type of brackets.
  2. Open brackets must be closed in the correct order.

Example 1:

Input: s = "()"Output: true

Example 2:

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

Example 3:

Input: s = "(]"Output: false

Constraints:

  • 1 <= s.length <= 104
  • s consists of parentheses only '()[]{}'.

My solution

/**
* @param {string} s
* @return {boolean}
*/
var isValid = function(s) {
const front = new Set(["(", "{", "["])
const back = new Map([[")", "("], ["}", "{"], ["]", "["]])

const stack = [];

for (const char of s.split("")) {
// console.log("char", char)
if (front.has(char)) {
stack.push(char)
} else {
const last = stack.pop();
// console.log("last", last)
if (back.get(char) !== last) {
return false
}
}
}

return stack.length === 0
};