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Problem: Remove Invalid Parentheses

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40 min
Explore how to solve the problem of removing invalid parentheses from a string using backtracking. Learn to produce all unique valid strings by minimal removals and validate correct parenthesis order and nesting.

Statement

You are given a string, s, that contains:

  • Lowercase English letters

  • Opening '(' and closing ')' parentheses

A string is considered valid if:

  1. All opening parentheses '(' are closed properly by a matching ')'.

  2. The parentheses are in the correct order and nesting.

  3. Letters can appear anywhere and do not affect validity.

Return all possible valid strings that can be formed by removing the minimum number of invalid parentheses. The answer must be a list of unique strings, in any order.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq s.length 25\leq 25

  • s consists of lowercase English letters and parentheses '(' and ')'.

  • There will be at most 20 parentheses in s.

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Problem: Remove Invalid Parentheses

Hard
40 min
Explore how to solve the problem of removing invalid parentheses from a string using backtracking. Learn to produce all unique valid strings by minimal removals and validate correct parenthesis order and nesting.

Statement

You are given a string, s, that contains:

  • Lowercase English letters

  • Opening '(' and closing ')' parentheses

A string is considered valid if:

  1. All opening parentheses '(' are closed properly by a matching ')'.

  2. The parentheses are in the correct order and nesting.

  3. Letters can appear anywhere and do not affect validity.

Return all possible valid strings that can be formed by removing the minimum number of invalid parentheses. The answer must be a list of unique strings, in any order.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq s.length 25\leq 25

  • s consists of lowercase English letters and parentheses '(' and ')'.

  • There will be at most 20 parentheses in s.