[LeetCode] Minimum Number of Swaps to Make the String Balanced

1963. Minimum Number of Swaps to Make the String Balanced

You are given a 0-indexed string s of even length n. The string consists of exactly n / 2 opening brackets ‘[‘ and n / 2 closing brackets ‘]’.

A string is called balanced if and only if:

  • It is the empty string, or
  • It can be written as AB, where both A and B are balanced strings, or
  • It can be written as [C], where C is a balanced string.

You may swap the brackets at any two indices any number of times.

Return the minimum number of swaps to make s balanced.

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class Solution {
public:
int minSwaps(string s) {
vector<char> st;
for(auto& ch : s) {
if(!st.empty() and st.back() == '[' and ch == ']') st.pop_back();
else st.push_back(ch);
}
return (st.size() / 2 + 1) / 2;
}
};
Author: Song Hayoung
Link: https://songhayoung.github.io/2022/06/14/PS/LeetCode/minimum-number-of-swaps-to-make-the-string-balanced/
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