Matching Brackets

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Make sure the brackets and braces all match.

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Source: Exercism groovy/matching-brackets

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class MatchingBrackets {
    static final MAP = ['}': '{', ']': '[', ')': '(']

    static boolean isPaired(String value) {
        List<String> clean = value.findAll { MAP.containsValue(it) || MAP.containsKey(it) }
        List<String> stack = []
        for (i in clean) {
            if (MAP.containsValue(i)) {
                stack << i
            } else if (!stack.isEmpty() && MAP.get(i) == stack.last()) {