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Minimum Add to Make Parentheses Valid

Medium

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StringStackGreedy

Given a parentheses string s, return the minimum number of ( or ) insertions needed to make it valid.

Example 1

Input:  s = "())"
Output: 1

Example 2

Input:  s = "((("
Output: 3

Example 3

Input:  s = "()"
Output: 0

Constraints

  • 1 <= s.length <= 1000
  • s consists of ( and ) only.
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