diff --git a/data_structures/stack/balanced parenthesis using stack in C b/data_structures/stack/balanced parenthesis using stack in C
deleted file mode 100644
index 58394269..00000000
--- a/data_structures/stack/balanced parenthesis using stack in C	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-#include<stdio.h>
-#include<stdlib.h>
-#include<string.h>
-#define size 100
-
-struct node
-{
-    char data;
-    struct node* link;
-};
-int c=0;	// c used as counter to check if stack is empty or not
-struct node * head;	 //declaring head pointer globally assigned to NULL
-
-void push(char x) //function for pushing
-{
-struct node *p,*temp; 
-    temp=(struct node*)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
-    temp->data=x;
-    if(head==NULL)	//will be execute only one time i.e, 1st time push is called
-    {
-        head=temp;
-        p=head;
-        p->link=NULL;
-        c++;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        temp->link=p;
-        p=temp;
-        head=p;
-        c++;
-    }
-    
-}
-char pop(void)	//function for pop
-{
-    char x;
-    struct node*p=head;
-    x=p->data;
-    head=p->link;
-    free(p);
-    c--;
-    return x;
-    
-}
-
-int isBalanced(char *s) {		   
-    int i=0;char x;
- while(s[i]!='\0')	//loop for covering entire string of brackets
- {
-     if(s[i]=='{'||s[i]=='('||s[i]=='[') //if opening bracket then push
-         push(s[i]);
-        else 
-        {
-            if(c<=0)			//i.e, stack is empty as only opening brackets are added to stack
-                return 0;
-        
-            
-               x=pop();			
-                if( x=='{'&&s[i]!='}')	
-                    return 0;
-                if(x=='['&&s[i]!=']')
-                    return 0;
-                if(x=='('&&s[i]!=')')
-                    return 0 ;
-        }i++;       
-    }			
-      if(c==0)		//at end if stack is empy which means whole process has been performed correctly so retuen 1
-          return 1;
-        else
-            return 0;
-}
-
-int main() {
-    int t;
-    scanf("%d",&t);
-    for(int a0 = 0; a0 < t; a0++){
-        char s[size];
-int result;
-        scanf("%s",s);
-        result = isBalanced(s);
-if(result==1)
-printf("\nYES");
-else       
- printf("\nNO");
-		
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/data_structures/stack/parenthesis.c b/data_structures/stack/parenthesis.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..993f2edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data_structures/stack/parenthesis.c
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#define SIZE 100
+
+struct node
+{
+    char data;
+    struct node *link;
+};
+
+int c = 0;         // c used as counter to check if stack is empty or not
+struct node *head; //declaring head pointer globally assigned to NULL
+
+void push(char x) //function for pushing
+{
+    struct node *p = head, *temp;
+    temp = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
+    temp->data = x;
+    if (head == NULL) //will be execute only one time i.e, 1st time push is called
+    {
+        head = temp;
+        p = head;
+        p->link = NULL;
+        c++;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        temp->link = p;
+        p = temp;
+        head = p;
+        c++;
+    }
+}
+
+char pop(void) //function for pop
+{
+    char x;
+    struct node *p = head;
+    x = p->data;
+    head = p->link;
+    free(p);
+    c--;
+    return x;
+}
+
+int isBalanced(char *s)
+{
+    int i = 0;
+    char x;
+    while (s[i] != '\0') //loop for covering entire string of brackets
+    {
+        // printf("\t s[i]=%c\n", s[i]); //DEBUG
+        if (s[i] == '{' || s[i] == '(' || s[i] == '[') //if opening bracket then push
+            push(s[i]);
+        else
+        {
+            if (c <= 0) //i.e, stack is empty as only opening brackets are added to stack
+                return 0;
+
+            x = pop();
+            if (x == '{' && s[i] != '}')
+                return 0;
+            if (x == '[' && s[i] != ']')
+                return 0;
+            if (x == '(' && s[i] != ')')
+                return 0;
+        }
+        i++;
+    }
+
+    //at end if stack is empy which means whole process has been performed correctly so return 1
+    return (c == 0) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+void destroyStack(void)
+{
+    struct node *p = head;
+    if (c > 0)
+    {
+        while (p->link)
+        {
+            struct node *tmp = p;
+            p = p->link;
+            free(tmp);
+        }
+
+        c = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    int t;
+    printf("\t\tBalanced parenthesis\n\n");
+    printf("\nPlease enter the number of processing rounds? ");
+    scanf("%d", &t);
+    for (int a0 = 0; a0 < t; a0++)
+    {
+        char s[SIZE];
+        printf("\nPlease enter the expression? ");
+        scanf("%s", s);
+
+        if (isBalanced(s))
+            printf("\nYES\n");
+        else
+            printf("\nNO\n");
+
+        /* tidy up stack for new round */
+        destroyStack();
+    }
+    return 0;
+}