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Valid Paranthesis

def is_valid(s):
if len(s) % 2 != 0:
print("Caught by length check")
return False
opening = ("(", "{", "[")
closing = (")", "}", "]")
stack = []
for i in s:
if i in opening:
stack.append(i)
elif i in closing:
try:
popped = stack.pop()
except Exception:
return False
print(popped, i)
if opening.index(popped) != closing.index(i):
return False
if len(stack) == 0:
return True
else:
return False


if __name__ == "__main__":
print(is_valid("(({}))"))
print(is_valid("([][][])"))
print(is_valid("({}{}[})"))
print(is_valid("{"))
print(is_valid("}}"))


Updated on 2020-03-19