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

foo1="()()())("  

def bracket(foo1):
    count = 0
    for i in foo1:
        if i == "(":
           count += 1
        else:
           if count==0 and i ==")":
               return False
           count -= 1

   if count == 0:
       return True
   else:
       return False

bracket(foo1)