#C3099. Minimum Additions to Make Parentheses Valid
Minimum Additions to Make Parentheses Valid
Minimum Additions to Make Parentheses Valid
You are given a string s consisting only of characters '(' and ')'. Your task is to determine the minimum number of parentheses that must be added to the string in order to make it valid. A string is considered valid if it meets the following conditions:
- Every opening parenthesis '(' has a corresponding closing parenthesis ')'.
- Parentheses are correctly nested.
Formally, a valid string satisfies the following property in LaTeX format:
\(\text{balance}(s) = 0\), where each '(' contributes +1 and each ')' contributes -1, and the partial sum is never negative.
For example:
- For input "()" the string is already valid so the answer is
0
. - For input "(()" one additional
')'
is needed to balance the string, so the answer is1
.
inputFormat
The input contains a single line with a string s
composed exclusively of the characters '(' and ')'. It is guaranteed that the length of s
does not exceed 105.
outputFormat
Output a single integer representing the minimum number of parentheses that must be added to make the string valid.
## sample()
0