Parenthesis/Brackets Matching using Stack algorithm

Question

For example if the parenthesis/brackets is matching in the following:

({})
(()){}()
()

and so on but if the parenthesis/brackets is not mat

Answer 1

public static bool IsBalanced(string input)
    {
        Dictionary bracketPairs = new Dictionary() {
        { '(', ')' },
        { '{', '}' },
        { '[', ']' },
        { '<', '>' }
    };

        Stack brackets = new Stack();

        try
        {
            // Iterate through each character in the input string
            foreach (char c in input)
            {
                // check if the character is one of the 'opening' brackets
                if (bracketPairs.Keys.Contains(c))
                {
                    // if yes, push to stack
                    brackets.Push(c);
                }
                else
                    // check if the character is one of the 'closing' brackets
                    if (bracketPairs.Values.Contains(c))
                    {
                        // check if the closing bracket matches the 'latest' 'opening' bracket
                        if (c == bracketPairs[brackets.First()])
                        {
                            brackets.Pop();
                        }
                        else
                            // if not, its an unbalanced string
                            return false;
                    }
                    else
                        // continue looking
                        continue;
            }
        }
        catch
        {
            // an exception will be caught in case a closing bracket is found, 
            // before any opening bracket.
            // that implies, the string is not balanced. Return false
            return false;
        }

        // Ensure all brackets are closed
        return brackets.Count() == 0 ? true : false;
    }