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Invalid Parentheses Removal

MediumPython

Problem

Write an algorithm to find and remove the minimum number of invalid parentheses to make an input string valid.

Implement def min_remove_to_make_valid(s):, where s is a string containing lowercase letters and parentheses. Return a valid string formed by deleting the fewest parentheses while preserving the relative order of all remaining characters. If multiple valid results are possible, return any one of them.

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(s) <= 5000
  • s contains only lowercase English letters, '(' and ')'
  • Return any valid result with the minimum number of removed parentheses

Function Signature

def min_remove_to_make_valid(s):
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