32. Longest Valid Parentheses

2019-04-10

32. Longest Valid Parentheses

Given a string containing just the characters '(' and ')', find the length of the longest valid (well-formed) parentheses substring.

Example 1:

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Input: "(()"
Output: 2
Explanation: The longest valid parentheses substring is "()"

Example 2:

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Input: ")()())"
Output: 4
Explanation: The longest valid parentheses substring is "()()"

Code:

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class Solution(object):
def longestValidParentheses(self, s):
"""
:type s: str
:rtype: int
"""
stack = [0]
longest = 0

for c in s:
if c == "(":
stack.append(0)
else:
if len(stack) > 1:
val = stack.pop()
stack[-1] += val + 2
longest = max(longest, stack[-1])
else:
stack = [0]

return longest
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