O(n) Solution showing TLE? How is this possible?
Constraints :10^5
Question:
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.
My Solution:
class Solution {
public:
string minRemoveToMakeValid(string s) {
string ans;
int i,n=s.length(),c=0;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
{
if(s[i]=='(')
{
c++;
ans+=s[i];
}
else if(s[i]==')')
{
if(c)
{
ans+=s[i];
c--;
}
}
else
ans+=s[i];
}
//cout<<c<<"\n";
if(c)
{
string ans1;
n=ans.length()-1;
for(i=n;i>=0;i--)
{
if(ans[i]=='(' && c)
c--;
else
ans1=ans[i]+ans1;
//cout<<ans1<<"\t";
}
return ans1;
}
return ans;
}
};