Java balanced expressions check {[()]}

I hope this code can help: import java.util.Stack; public class BalancedParenthensies { public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.println(balancedParenthensies(“{(a,b)}”)); System.out.println(balancedParenthensies(“{(a},b)”)); System.out.println(balancedParenthensies(“{)(a,b}”)); } public static boolean balancedParenthensies(String s) { Stack<Character> stack = new Stack<Character>(); for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) { char c = s.charAt(i); if(c == ‘[‘ || c == ‘(‘ || c … Read more

How to prevent an object being created on the heap?

Nick’s answer is a good starting point, but incomplete, as you actually need to overload: private: void* operator new(size_t); // standard new void* operator new(size_t, void*); // placement new void* operator new[](size_t); // array new void* operator new[](size_t, void*); // placement array new (Good coding practice would suggest you should also overload the delete and … Read more

Store results of std::stack .pop() method into a variable

The standard library containers separate top() and pop(): top() returns a reference to the top element, and pop() removes the top element. (And similarly for back()/pop_back() etc.). There’s a good reason for this separation, and not have pop remove the top element and return it: One guiding principle of C++ is that you don’t pay … Read more