We are required to write a JavaScript function that takes in a string that might contain some opening and closing brackets. The function should whether for all the opening brackets there exists a closing bracket or not. If the brackets are rightly matched, the function should return true, false otherwise.
For example −
f('(hello (world))') = true f('(hello (world)') = false
Example
Following is the code −
const str1 = '(hello (world))'; const str2 = '(hello (world)'; const validateBrackets = (str = '') => { const strArr = str.split(''); let counter = 0; for (let i = 0, len = strArr.length; i < len; i++) { if (strArr[i] === "(") { counter++; }else if (strArr[i] === ")") { counter--; }; if (counter < 0) { return false; }; }; if (counter === 0) { return true; }; return false; }; console.log(validateBrackets(str1)); console.log(validateBrackets(str2));
Output
Following is the output on console −
true false