1249. Minimum Remove to Make Valid Parentheses

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 with B), where A and B are valid strings, or
• It can be written as (A), where A 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.

思路：stack，最后需要去掉多余的左括号

class Solution(object):
    def minRemoveToMakeValid(self, s):
        """
        :type s: str
        :rtype: str
        """
        cnt=0
        st=['']
        for c in s:
            if c in ('(',')'):
                if c=='(': 
                    cnt+=1
                    st.append('(')
                else: 
                    if cnt<=0: continue
                    cnt-=1
                    st.append(')')
            else:
                if st and st[-1] not in ('(',')'):
                    st[-1]+=c
                else:
                    st.append(c)
        
        st2=[]
        for s in st[::-1]:
            if cnt>0 and s=='(': cnt-=1
            else: st2.append(s)
        return ''.join(st2[::-1])