Python program to check matching of simple parentheses

Question

I am a Python newbie and I came across this exercise of checking whether or not the simple brackets \"(\", \")\" in a given string are matched evenly.

I have seen ex

Answer 1

here's another way to solve it by having a counter that tracks how many open parentheses that are difference at this very moment. this should take care all of the cases.

def matched(str):
    diffCounter = 0
    length = len(str)
    for i in range(length):
        if str[i] == '(':
            diffCounter += 1
        elif str[i] == ')':
            diffCounter -= 1
    if diffCounter == 0:
        return True
    else:
        return False