generate parentheses


Given n pairs of parentheses, write a function to generate all combinations of well-formed parentheses.

For example, given n = 3, a solution set is:

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[
"((()))",
"(()())",
"(())()",
"()(())",
"()()()"
]

Solution

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public class {
public List<String> generateParenthesis(int n) {
List<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
backTrack(list,"",0,0,n);
return list;
}
public void backTrack(List<String> list, String str, int left, int right, int num) {
if(str.length() == num*2) {
list.add(str);
return;
}
if(left <num) {
backTrack(list,str+"(",left+1,right,num);
}
if(right < left) {
backTrack(list,str+")",left,right+1,num);
}
}
}