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Basic Calculator

Problem Statement

Given a string s representing a valid expression, implement a basic calculator to evaluate it, and return the result of the evaluation.

Note: You are not allowed to use any built-in function which evaluates strings as mathematical expressions, such as eval().

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Example 1:

Input: s = "1 + 1"
Output: 2

Example 2:

Input: s = " 2-1 + 2 "
Output: 3

Example 3:

Input: s = "(1+(4+5+2)-3)+(6+8)"
Output: 23

Constraints:

  • 1 <= s.length <= 3 * 105
  • s consists of digits, '+', '-', '(', ')', and ' '.
  • s represents a valid expression.
  • '+' is not used as a unary operation (i.e., "+1" and "+(2 + 3)" is invalid).
  • '-' could be used as a unary operation (i.e., "-1" and "-(2 + 3)" is valid).
  • There will be no two consecutive operators in the input.
  • Every number and running calculation will fit in a signed 32-bit integer.

Code

Python Code

class Solution:
def calculate(self, s):
res, num, sign, stack = 0, 0, 1, [1]
for i in s+"+":
if i.isdigit():
num = 10*num + int(i)
elif i in "+-":
res += num * sign * stack[-1]
sign = 1 if i=="+" else -1
num = 0
elif i == "(":
stack.append(sign * stack[-1])
sign = 1
elif i == ")":
res += num * sign * stack[-1]
num = 0
stack.pop()
return res