[LeetCode] 1021. Remove Outermost Parentheses

A valid parentheses string is either empty (""), "(" + A + ")", or A + B, where A and B are valid parentheses strings, and + represents string concatenation.  For example, "", "()", "(())()", and "(()(()))" are all valid parentheses strings.

A valid parentheses string S is primitive if it is nonempty, and there does not exist a way to split it into S = A+B, with A and B nonempty valid parentheses strings.

Given a valid parentheses string S, consider its primitive decomposition: S = P_1 + P_2 + ... + P_k, where P_i are primitive valid parentheses strings.

Return S after removing the outermost parentheses of every primitive string in the primitive decomposition of S.

Example 1:

Input: "(()())(())"
Output: "()()()"
Explanation: 
The input string is "(()())(())", with primitive decomposition "(()())" + "(())".
After removing outer parentheses of each part, this is "()()" + "()" = "()()()".

Example 2:

Input: "(()())(())(()(()))"
Output: "()()()()(())"
Explanation: 
The input string is "(()())(())(()(()))", with primitive decomposition "(()())" + "(())" + "(()(()))".
After removing outer parentheses of each part, this is "()()" + "()" + "()(())" = "()()()()(())".

Example 3:

Input: "()()"
Output: ""
Explanation: 
The input string is "()()", with primitive decomposition "()" + "()".
After removing outer parentheses of each part, this is "" + "" = "".

Note:

1. S.length <= 10000
2. S[i] is "(" or ")"
3. S is a valid parentheses string

删除最外层的括号。

有效括号字符串为空 ("")、"(" + A + ")" 或 A + B，其中 A 和 B 都是有效的括号字符串，+ 代表字符串的连接。例如，""，"()"，"(())()" 和 "(()(()))" 都是有效的括号字符串。

如果有效字符串 S 非空，且不存在将其拆分为 S = A+B 的方法，我们称其为原语（primitive），其中 A 和 B 都是非空有效括号字符串。

给出一个非空有效字符串 S，考虑将其进行原语化分解，使得：S = P_1 + P_2 + ... + P_k，其中 P_i 是有效括号字符串原语。

对 S 进行原语化分解，删除分解中每个原语字符串的最外层括号，返回 S 。

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链接：https://leetcode-cn.com/problems/remove-outermost-parentheses
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这道题不难，但是题目描述解释了半天，只有最后一句话是有用的，就是移除input字符串中每个括号对的最外层的一对括号。

思路是用类似stack的思想去track到底有几层，只有当层数 >= 1的时候才需要保存遍历到的括号。

时间O(n)

空间O(1)

Java实现

class Solution {
    public String removeOuterParentheses(String S) {
        StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
        int opened = 0;
        for (char c : S.toCharArray()) {
            if (c == '(' && opened++ > 0) {
                s.append(c);
            }
            if (c == ')' && opened-- > 1) {
                s.append(c);
            }
        }
        return s.toString();
    }
}

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