#3703

Remove K-Balanced Substrings

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string · stack · simulation

Description

You are given a string s consisting of '(' and ')', and an integer k.

A string is k-balanced if it is exactly k consecutive '(' followed by k consecutive ')', i.e., '(' * k + ')' * k.

For example, if k = 3, k-balanced is "((()))".

You must repeatedly remove all non-overlapping k-balanced substrings from s, and then join the remaining parts. Continue this process until no k-balanced substring exists.

Return the final string after all possible removals.



​​​​​​​Example 1:

Input: s = "(())", k = 1

Output: ""

Explanation:

k-balanced substring is "()"



Step
Current s
k-balanced
Result s




1
(())
(())
()


2
()
()
Empty



Thus, the final string is "".

Solution