#439 - Ternary Expression Parser

Problem Description

Given a string expression representing arbitrarily nested ternary expressions, evaluate the expression, and return the result of it.

You can always assume that the given expression is valid and only contains digits, '?', ':', 'T', and 'F' where 'T' is true and 'F' is false. All the numbers in the expression are one-digit numbers (i.e., in the range [0, 9]).

The conditional expressions group right-to-left (as usual in most languages), and the result of the expression will always evaluate to either a digit, 'T' or 'F'.

Solution

/**
 * @param {string} expression
 * @return {string}
 */
var parseTernary = function(expression) {
  const stack = [];

  for (let i = expression.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    const char = expression[i];
    if (char !== ':' && char !== '?') {
      stack.push(char);
    } else if (char === '?') {
      const condition = expression[i - 1];
      const trueValue = stack.pop();
      const falseValue = stack.pop();
      stack.push(condition === 'T' ? trueValue : falseValue);
      i--;
    }
  }

  return stack[0];
};