301-Remove-Invalid-Parentheses
Sat 17 May 2025
https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-invalid-parentheses
import pyutil as pyu
pyu.get_local_pyinfo()
print(pyu.ps2("python-dotenv"))
from typing import List
class Solution:
def removeInvalidParentheses(self, s: str) -> List[str]:
def getLeftAndRightCounts(s: str) -> tuple:
l = 0
r = 0
for c in s:
if c == '(':
l += 1
elif c == ')':
if l == 0:
r += 1
else:
l -= 1
return l, r
def isValid(s: str):
count = 0 # Number of '(' - # Of ')'
for c in s:
if c == '(':
count += 1
elif c == ')':
count -= 1
if count < 0:
return False
return True # Count == 0
ans = []
def dfs(s: str, start: int, l: int, r: int) -> None:
if l == 0 and r == 0 and isValid(s):
ans.append(s)
return
for i in range(start, len(s)):
if i > start and s[i] == s[i - 1]:
continue
if r > 0 and s[i] == ')': # Delete s[i]
dfs(s[:i] + s[i + 1:], i, l, r - 1)
elif l > 0 and s[i] == '(': # Delete s[i]
dfs(s[:i] + s[i + 1:], i, l - 1, r)
l, r = getLeftAndRightCounts(s)
dfs(s, 0, l, r)
return ans
new Solution().removeInvalidParentheses()
Score: 5
Category: leetcode