/** * @file * @brief Well-formed [Generated * Parentheses](https://leetcode.com/explore/interview/card/top-interview-questions-medium/109/backtracking/794/) with all combinations. * * @details a sequence of parentheses is well-formed if each opening parentheses * has a corresponding closing parenthesis * and the closing parentheses are correctly ordered * * @author [Giuseppe Coco](https://github.com/WoWS17) */ #include /// for assert #include /// for I/O operation #include /// for vector container /** * @brief Backtracking algorithms * @namespace backtracking */ namespace backtracking { /** * @brief generate_parentheses class */ class generate_parentheses { private: std::vector res; ///< Contains all possible valid patterns void makeStrings(std::string str, int n, int closed, int open); public: std::vector generate(int n); }; /** * @brief function that adds parenthesis to the string. * * @param str string build during backtracking * @param n number of pairs of parentheses * @param closed number of closed parentheses * @param open number of open parentheses */ void generate_parentheses::makeStrings(std::string str, int n, int closed, int open) { if (closed > open) // We can never have more closed than open return; if ((str.length() == 2 * n) && (closed != open)) { // closed and open must be the same return; } if (str.length() == 2 * n) { res.push_back(str); return; } makeStrings(str + ')', n, closed + 1, open); makeStrings(str + '(', n, closed, open + 1); } /** * @brief wrapper interface * * @param n number of pairs of parentheses * @return all well-formed pattern of parentheses */ std::vector generate_parentheses::generate(int n) { backtracking::generate_parentheses::res.clear(); std::string str = "("; generate_parentheses::makeStrings(str, n, 0, 1); return res; } } // namespace backtracking /** * @brief Self-test implementations * @returns void */ static void test() { int n = 0; std::vector patterns; backtracking::generate_parentheses p; n = 1; patterns = {{"()"}}; assert(p.generate(n) == patterns); n = 3; patterns = {{"()()()"}, {"()(())"}, {"(())()"}, {"(()())"}, {"((()))"}}; assert(p.generate(n) == patterns); n = 4; patterns = {{"()()()()"}, {"()()(())"}, {"()(())()"}, {"()(()())"}, {"()((()))"}, {"(())()()"}, {"(())(())"}, {"(()())()"}, {"(()()())"}, {"(()(()))"}, {"((()))()"}, {"((())())"}, {"((()()))"}, {"(((())))"}}; assert(p.generate(n) == patterns); std::cout << "All tests passed\n"; } /** * @brief Main function * @returns 0 on exit */ int main() { test(); // run self-test implementations return 0; }