Tasks Details
easy
1.
Brackets
Determine whether a given string of parentheses (multiple types) is properly nested.
Task Score
100%
Correctness
100%
Performance
100%
A string S consisting of N characters is considered to be properly nested if any of the following conditions is true:
- S is empty;
- S has the form "(U)" or "[U]" or "{U}" where U is a properly nested string;
- S has the form "VW" where V and W are properly nested strings.
For example, the string "{[()()]}" is properly nested but "([)()]" is not.
Write a function:
def solution(S)
that, given a string S consisting of N characters, returns 1 if S is properly nested and 0 otherwise.
For example, given S = "{[()()]}", the function should return 1 and given S = "([)()]", the function should return 0, as explained above.
Write an efficient algorithm for the following assumptions:
- N is an integer within the range [0..200,000];
- string S is made only of the following characters: '(', '{', '[', ']', '}' and/or ')'.
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Solution
Programming language used Python
Time spent on task 1 minutes
Notes
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Code: 14:05:52 UTC,
java,
autosave
Code: 14:06:04 UTC,
py,
verify,
result: Passed
# you can write to stdout for debugging purposes, e.g.
# print("this is a debug message")
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
# &Author AnFany
# Lesson 7:Stacks and Queues
# P 7.1 Brackets
def solution(S):
"""
判断字符串S中的符号是否为正确的嵌套
:param S: 字符串
:return: 判断是否为正确的嵌套
"""
left = '([{'
brackers_dict = {'(': ')', '[': ']', '{': '}'}
brackers = []
if len(S) == 0:
return 1
else:
for i in S:
if i in left:
brackers.append(i)
else:
try:
if brackers_dict[brackers[-1]] == i:
brackers.pop(-1)
else:
return 0
except IndexError:
return 0
if len(brackers) == 0:
return 1
else:
return 0
Analysis
Code: 14:06:07 UTC,
py,
final,
score: 
100
# you can write to stdout for debugging purposes, e.g.
# print("this is a debug message")
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
# &Author AnFany
# Lesson 7:Stacks and Queues
# P 7.1 Brackets
def solution(S):
"""
判断字符串S中的符号是否为正确的嵌套
:param S: 字符串
:return: 判断是否为正确的嵌套
"""
left = '([{'
brackers_dict = {'(': ')', '[': ']', '{': '}'}
brackers = []
if len(S) == 0:
return 1
else:
for i in S:
if i in left:
brackers.append(i)
else:
try:
if brackers_dict[brackers[-1]] == i:
brackers.pop(-1)
else:
return 0
except IndexError:
return 0
if len(brackers) == 0:
return 1
else:
return 0
Analysis summary
The solution obtained perfect score.
Analysis
Detected time complexity:
O(N)
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Correctness tests
1.
0.036 s
OK
2.
0.036 s
OK
3.
0.036 s
OK
4.
0.036 s
OK
5.
0.036 s
OK
1.
0.036 s
OK
1.
0.036 s
OK
2.
0.036 s
OK
3.
0.036 s
OK
4.
0.036 s
OK
5.
0.036 s
OK
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Performance tests
1.
0.072 s
OK
2.
0.036 s
OK
3.
0.036 s
OK
1.
0.040 s
OK
2.
0.036 s
OK
3.
0.036 s
OK
1.
0.072 s
OK
multiple_full_binary_trees
sequence of full trees of the form T=(TT), depths [1..10..1], with/without some brackets at the end, length=49K+
sequence of full trees of the form T=(TT), depths [1..10..1], with/without some brackets at the end, length=49K+
✔
OK
1.
0.044 s
OK
2.
0.044 s
OK
3.
0.044 s
OK
4.
0.044 s
OK
5.
0.036 s
OK
broad_tree_with_deep_paths
string of the form [TTT...T] of 300 T's, each T being '{{{...}}}' nested 200-fold, length=120K+
string of the form [TTT...T] of 300 T's, each T being '{{{...}}}' nested 200-fold, length=120K+
✔
OK
1.
0.056 s
OK
2.
0.056 s
OK