diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingStack.java b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingStack.java
index d6568b4ac9..9e4592a512 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingStack.java
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingStack.java
@@ -5,43 +5,35 @@ import java.util.Stack;
 public class BalancedBracketsUsingStack {
 
         public boolean isBalanced(String str) {
-                boolean result = true;
-
                 if (null == str || str.length() == 0 || ((str.length() % 2) != 0)) {
-                        result = false;
+                        return false;
                 } else {
                         char[] ch = str.toCharArray();
                         for (char c : ch) {
                                 if (!(c == '{' || c == '[' || c == '(' || c == '}' || c == ']' || c == ')')) {
-                                        result = false;
-                                        break;
+                                        return false;
                                 }
 
                         }
                 }
 
-                if(result) {
-                        Stack<Character> stack = new Stack<>();
-                        for (char ch: str.toCharArray()) {
-                                if (ch == '{' || ch == '[' || ch == '(') {
-                                        stack.push(ch);
+                Stack<Character> stack = new Stack<>();
+                for (char ch: str.toCharArray()) {
+                        if (ch == '{' || ch == '[' || ch == '(') {
+                                stack.push(ch);
+                        } else {
+                                if ( !stack.isEmpty()
+                                        && ((stack.peek() == '{' && ch == '}')
+                                        || (stack.peek() == '[' && ch == ']')
+                                        || (stack.peek() == '(' && ch == ')')
+                                    )) {
+                                        stack.pop();
                                 } else {
-                                        if ( !stack.isEmpty()
-                                                && ((stack.peek() == '{' && ch == '}')
-                                                || (stack.peek() == '[' && ch == ']')
-                                                || (stack.peek() == '(' && ch == ')')
-                                            )) {
-                                                stack.pop();
-                                                result = true;
-                                        } else {
-                                                result = false;
-                                                break;
-                                        }
+                                        return false;
                                 }
-
                         }
                 }
 
-                return result;
+                return true;
         }
 }
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diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingString.java b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingString.java
index 6ed0923d9e..d808842dc3 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingString.java
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/algorithms/balancedbrackets/BalancedBracketsUsingString.java
@@ -3,35 +3,25 @@ package com.baeldung.algorithms.balancedbrackets;
 public class BalancedBracketsUsingString {
 
         public boolean isBalanced(String str) {
-                boolean result = true;
-
                 if (null == str || str.length() == 0 || ((str.length() % 2) != 0)) {
-                        result = false;
+                        return false;
                 } else {
                         char[] ch = str.toCharArray();
                         for(char c : ch) {
                                 if(!(c == '{' || c == '[' || c == '(' || c == '}' || c == ']' || c == ')')) {
-                                        result = false;
-                                        break;
+                                        return false;
                                 }
 
                         }
                 }
 
-                if (result) {
-                        while (str.indexOf("()") >= 0 || str.indexOf("[]") >= 0 || str.indexOf("{}") >= 0) {
-                                str = str.replaceAll("\\(\\)", "")
-                                    .replaceAll("\\[\\]", "")
-                                    .replaceAll("\\{\\}", "");
-                        }
-                        if (str.length() > 0) {
-                                result = false;
-                        } else {
-                                result = true;
-                        }
+                while (str.contains("()") || str.contains("[]") || str.contains("{}")) {
+                        str = str.replaceAll("\\(\\)", "")
+                            .replaceAll("\\[\\]", "")
+                            .replaceAll("\\{\\}", "");
                 }
+                return (str.length() == 0);
 
-                return result;
         }
 
 } 
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