Minimum Remove to Make Valid Parentheses

Explore how to identify and remove the minimal number of invalid parentheses in a string to ensure valid parenthesization. Learn to apply stack data structures to efficiently solve this problem, a common pattern in coding interviews.

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Given a string, s, that may have matchedEach opening parenthesis, (, has a closing parenthesis, ), for it. and unmatchedThere is no corresponding closing parenthesis, ), for an opening parenthesis, (. parentheses, remove the minimum number of parentheses so that the resulting string represents a valid parenthesization. For example, the string “a(b)” represents a valid parenthesization while the string “a(b” doesn’t, since the opening parenthesis doesn’t have any corresponding closing parenthesis.

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