def check_parentheses(string):
pending = 0
brackets = []
'''Checks if parens are paired, otherwise they are bad.'''
parenstack = collections.deque()
for ch in string:
if ch in lrmap:
try:
cl = string.index(ch, pending)
pending = cl + 1
except:
cl = False
if ch in lparens:
parenstack.append([ch, cl])
print parenstack
elif ch in rparens:
try:
pop = parenstack.pop()
if lrmap[pop[0]] != ch:
print 'wrong type of parenthesis popped from stack',\
pop[0], ch, pop[1], cl
brackets.append([pop[1], False])
brackets.append([cl, False])
else:
brackets.append([pop[1], cl])
except IndexError:
print 'no opening parenthesis left in stack'
brackets.append([cl, False])
# if we are not out of opening parentheses, we have a mismatch
for p in parenstack:
brackets.append([p[1],False])
return brackets