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32. Longest Valid Parentheses

Hard

Given a string containing just the characters '(' and ')', find the length of the longest valid (well-formed) parentheses substring.

Example 1:

Input: s = “(()”

Output: 2

Explanation: The longest valid parentheses substring is “()”.

Example 2:

Input: s = “)()())”

Output: 4

Explanation: The longest valid parentheses substring is “()()”.

Example 3:

Input: s = “”

Output: 0

Constraints:

Solution

public class Solution {
    public int LongestValidParentheses(string s) {
        int max = 0;
        int left = 0;
        int right = 0;
        int n = s.Length;
        char ch;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            ch = s[i];
            if (ch == '(') {
                left++;
            } else {
                right++;
            }
            if (right > left) {
                left = 0;
                right = 0;
            }
            if (left == right) {
                max = Math.Max(max, 2 * right);
            }
        }
        left = 0;
        right = 0;
        for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            ch = s[i];
            if (ch == '(') {
                left++;
            } else {
                right++;
            }
            if (left > right) {
                left = 0;
                right = 0;
            }
            if (left == right) {
                max = Math.Max(max, 2 * left);
            }
        }
        return max;
    }
}