Refactor Stack

data_structures/Stacks/balanced_parentheses.py

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+from Stack import Stack
+
+__author__ = 'Omkar Pathak'
+
+
+def balanced_parentheses(parentheses):
+    """ Use a stack to check if a string of parentheses are balanced."""
+    stack = Stack(len(parentheses))
+    for parenthesis in parentheses:
+        if parenthesis == '(':
+            stack.push(parenthesis)
+        elif parenthesis == ')':
+            stack.pop()
+    return not stack.is_empty()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    examples = ['((()))', '((())']
+    print('Balanced parentheses demonstration:\n')
+    for example in examples:
+        print(example + ': ' + str(balanced_parentheses(example)))