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.
思路:用stack,判断是否match,set来收集不合法的右括号,最后留在stack里的是不合法的左括号,这样加起来就是需要delete的index,最后合成valid string就可以了。Time O(n) Space O(n);
class Solution {
public String minRemoveToMakeValid(String s) {
if(s == null || s.length() == 0) {
return s;
}
Stack<Integer> stack = new Stack<Integer>();
HashSet<Integer> skipSet = new HashSet<Integer>();
for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
char c = s.charAt(i);
if(c == '(') {
stack.push(i);
} else if(c == ')') {
if(!stack.isEmpty()) {
stack.pop();
} else {
// collect ')' index which needs to remove;
skipSet.add(i);
}
}
}
while(!stack.isEmpty()) {
// collect '(' which needs to remove;
skipSet.add(stack.pop());
}
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
if(!skipSet.contains(i)) {
sb.append(s.charAt(i));
}
}
return sb.toString();
}
}