Given a string representing arbitrarily nested ternary expressions, calculate the result of the expression. You can always assume that the given expression is valid and only consists of digits0-9
,?
,:
,T
andF
(T
andF
represent True and False respectively).
Note:
T
or
F
. That is, the condition will never be a digit.0-9
,
T
or
F
.Example 1:
Input:
"T?2:3"
Output:
"2"
Explanation:
If true, then result is 2; otherwise result is 3.
Example 2:
Input:
"F?1:T?4:5"
Output:
"4"
Explanation:
The conditional expressions group right-to-left. Using parenthesis, it is read/evaluated as:
"(F ? 1 : (T ? 4 : 5))" "(F ? 1 : (T ? 4 : 5))"
-
>
"(F ? 1 : 4)" or -
>
"(T ? 4 : 5)"
-
>
"4" -
>
"4"
Example 3:
Input:
"T?T?F:5:3"
Output:
"F"
Explanation:
The conditional expressions group right-to-left. Using parenthesis, it is read/evaluated as:
"(T ? (T ? F : 5) : 3)" "(T ? (T ? F : 5) : 3)"
-
>
"(T ? F : 3)" or -
>
"(T ? F : 5)"
-
>
"F" -
>
"F"
class Solution {
public String parseTernary(String expression) {
if (expression == null || expression.length() == 0) return expression;
int index = expression.length() - 1;
Stack<Character> stack = new Stack<>();
while (index >= 0){
char cur = expression.charAt(index);
if (cur == '?' && !stack.isEmpty()){
char first = expression.charAt(index - 1);
char second = stack.pop();
char third = stack.pop();
char res = first == 'T' ? second : third;
stack.push(res);
index = index - 2;
}
else if (cur == ':'){
index--;
}
else{
stack.push(cur);
index--;
}
}
return stack.pop() + "";
}
}