Tim Chase:
> It still doesn't solve the aforementioned problem
> of things like ')))(((' which is balanced, but psychotic. :)
This may solve the problem:
def balanced(txt):
d = {'(':1, ')':-1}
tot = 0
for c in txt:
tot += d.get(c, 0)
if tot < 0:
return False
return tot == 0
print balanced("42^((2x+2)sin(x)) + (log(2)/log(5))") # True
print balanced("42^((2x+2)sin(x) + (log(2)/log(5))") # False
print balanced("42^((2x+2)sin(x))) + (log(2)/log(5))") # False
print balanced(")))(((") # False
A possibile alternative for Py 2.5. The dict solution looks better, but
this may be faster:
def balanced2(txt):
tot = 0
for c in txt:
tot += 1 if c=="(" else (-1 if c==")" else 0)
if tot < 0:
return False
return tot == 0
Bye,
bearophile
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