Mia Steinkirch a8e71c50db reorganize dir
Signed-off-by: Mia Steinkirch <mia.steinkirch@gmail.com>
2019-10-11 04:29:17 -07:00

41 lines
732 B
Python
Executable File

#!/usr/bin/env python
__author__ = "bt3"
'''
Given a N different open and close braces in a string "( { [ } ] )".
How do you check whether the string has matching braces.
'''
from collections import Counter
def check_if_balance(string):
'''
>>> check_if_balance('{[[(])}]')
True
>>> check_if_balance('{[[()}]')
False
>>> check_if_balance('')
True
'''
table = Counter()
for i in string:
index = str(ord(i))[0]
if i in '{[(':
table[index] += 1
elif i in ')}]':
table[index] -= 1
for i in table.values():
if i !=-0:
return False
return True
if __name__ == '__main__':
import doctest
doctest.testmod()