Problem 1303. Is the paranthesis sequence balanced ?
Quantum mechanics and computer science are interested in bra-kets. Today however you, the player, will have to write a function to find if the given parenthesis expression is balanced.
e.g.
>> balance('(()()())')
1
>> balance('(()()())(')
0
>> balance('(())))()())')
0
>> balance('(((()))((())))')
1
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Dyuman Joshi
on 30 Dec 2020
Similar to Problem 80
Robert Wagner
on 8 Nov 2023
Test 4 doesn't work
Christian Schröder
on 8 Nov 2023
@Robert what's wrong with test 4? ")(" isn't balanced - it's closing a parenthesis when none's open.
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