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		jejones3141 on Feb 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Brutal Look at Balanced Parentheses, Computing M... I think that '()))((' will be judged balanced by the above code.

db48x on Feb 23, 2019 | [–]

No, he checks each time through the loop to see if the counter ever goes below zero; if it does, then the string is unbalanced.

kerkeslager on Feb 23, 2019 | [–]

Why don't you write a unit test and see? :)

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