Given a string s of '('
, ')'
and lowercase English characters.
Your task is to remove the minimum number of parentheses ( '('
or ')'
, in any positions ) so that the resulting parentheses string is valid and return any valid string.
Formally, a parentheses string is valid if and only if:
- It is the empty string, contains only lowercase characters, or
- It can be written as
AB
(A
concatenated withB
), whereA
andB
are valid strings, or - It can be written as
(A)
, whereA
is a valid string.
Example 1:
Input: s = "lee(t(c)o)de)" Output: "lee(t(c)o)de" Explanation: "lee(t(co)de)" , "lee(t(c)ode)" would also be accepted.
Example 2:
Input: s = "a)b(c)d" Output: "ab(c)d"
Example 3:
Input: s = "))((" Output: "" Explanation: An empty string is also valid.
Example 4:
Input: s = "(a(b(c)d)" Output: "a(b(c)d)"
Constraints:
1 <= s.length <= 10^5
s[i]
is one of'('
,')'
and lowercase English letters.
class Solution {
public:
string minRemoveToMakeValid(string s) {
string ans;
int start_count = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) {
if (s[i] != '(' && s[i] != ')') {
ans += s[i];
continue;
}
if (s[i] == '(') {
start_count++;
ans += s[i];
} else {
// It means S[i] == ')'
if (start_count > 0) {
start_count--;
ans += s[i];
}
}
}
if (ans.size() == 0 || start_count == 0) {
return ans;
}
// Remove extra start paren.
// ans would
string new_ans;
int iter = ans.size() - 1;
int end_count = 0;
while (iter >= 0) {
if (ans[iter] != '(' && ans[iter] != ')') {
new_ans += ans[iter];
iter--;
continue;
}
if (ans[iter] == ')') {
end_count++;
new_ans += ans[iter];
iter--;
} else {
if (end_count > 0) {
end_count--;
new_ans += ans[iter];
}
iter--;
}
}
reverse(new_ans.begin(), new_ans.end());
return new_ans;
}
};
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