Parsing A Boolean Expression
Problem Statement:
A boolean expression is an expression that evaluates to either true or false. It can be in one of the following shapes:
't'that evaluates totrue.'f'that evaluates tofalse.'!(subExpr)'that evaluates to the logical NOT of the inner expressionsubExpr.'&(subExpr1, subExpr2, ..., subExprn)'that evaluates to the logical AND of the inner expressionssubExpr1, subExpr2, ..., subExprnwheren >= 1.'|(subExpr1, subExpr2, ..., subExprn)'that evaluates to the logical OR of the inner expressionssubExpr1, subExpr2, ..., subExprnwheren >= 1.
Given a string expression that represents a boolean expression, return the evaluation of that expression.
It is guaranteed that the given expression is valid and follows the given rules.
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Example:
Example 1:
Input: expression = "&(|(f))"
Output: false
Explanation:
First, evaluate |(f) --> f. The expression is now "&(f)".
Then, evaluate &(f) --> f. The expression is now "f".
Finally, return false.
Example 2:
Input: expression = "|(f,f,f,t)"
Output: true
Explanation: The evaluation of (false OR false OR false OR true) is true.
Example 3:
Input: expression = "!(&(f,t))"
Output: true
Explanation:
First, evaluate &(f,t) --> (false AND true) --> false --> f. The expression is now "!(f)".
Then, evaluate !(f) --> NOT false --> true. We return true.
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