https://leetcode.com/problems/generate-parentheses/description/
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:
[
“((()))”,
“(()())”,
“(())()”,
“()(())”,
“()()()”
]
递归
由于字符串只有左括号和右括号两种字符,而且最终结果必定是左括号3个,右括号3个,所以我们定义两个变量left和right分别表示剩余左右括号的个数,如果在某次递归时,左括号的个数大于右括号的个数,说明此时生成的字符串中右括号的个数大于左括号的个数,即会出现’)(‘这样的非法串,所以这种情况直接返回,不继续处理。如果left和right都为0,则说明此时生成的字符串已有3个左括号和3个右括号,且字符串合法,则存入结果中后返回。如果以上两种情况都不满足,若此时left大于0,则调用递归函数,注意参数的更新,若right大于0,则调用递归函数,同样要更新参数。1
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14 public static List<String> generateParenthesis(int n) {
List<String> res = new ArrayList<String>();
generateParenthesis(n, n, "", res);
return res;
}
public static void generateParenthesis(int left, int right, String out, List<String> res) {
if (left < 0 || right < 0 || left > right) return;
if (left == 0 && right == 0) {
res.add(out);
return;
}
generateParenthesis(left - 1, right, out + "(", res);
generateParenthesis(left, right - 1, out + ")", res);
}