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Balanced Bracket Sequence
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Balanced Bracket Sequence

EasyPython

Problem

Given a bracket sequence, check whether it is valid and balanced using stack logic.

Implement is_valid_brackets(sequence), where sequence is a string containing only (, ), [, ], {, and }. Return True if every opening bracket is closed by the correct bracket in the correct order, otherwise return False. An empty sequence is valid.

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(sequence) <= 10^4
  • sequence contains only the six bracket characters (, ), [, ], {, and }
  • The function returns a boolean

Function Signature

def is_valid_brackets(sequence):
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