Google Code Jam '20 Qualification Round Problem B - Nesting Depth
View as PDFtl;dr: Given a string of digits , insert a minimum number of opening
and closing parentheses into it such that the resulting string is balanced and
each digit 
 is inside exactly 
 pairs of matching parentheses.
Let the nesting of two parentheses within a string be the substring
that occurs strictly between them. An opening parenthesis and a closing
parenthesis that is further to its right are said to match if their
nesting is empty, or if every parenthesis in their nesting matches with
another parenthesis in their nesting. The nesting depth of a position
 is the number of pairs of matching parentheses 
 such that 
 is included in
the nesting of 
.
For example, in the following strings, all digits match their nesting
depth: 0((2)1), (((3))1(2)), ((((4)))),
((2))((2))(1). The first three strings have minimum length among
those that have the same digits in the same order, but the last one does not
since ((22)1) also has the digits 221 and is
shorter.
Given a string of digits , find another string 
,
comprised of parentheses and digits, such that:
- all parentheses in 
match some other parenthesis,
 - removing any and all parentheses from 
results in
,
 - each digit in 
is equal to its nesting depth, and
 is of minimum length.
Input Specification
The first line of the input gives the number of test cases, .
 lines follow. Each line represents a test case and contains only the
string 
.
Output Specification
For each test case, output one line containing Case #x: y, where
 is the test case number (starting from 1) and 
is the string 
 defined above.
Limits
Time limit: 20 seconds per test set.
Memory limit: 1GB.
.
.
Test set 1
Each character in  is either 
0 or 1.
Test set 2
Each character in  is a decimal digit between 
0 and
9, inclusive.
Sample Input
4
0000
101
111000
1
Sample Output
Case #1: 0000
Case #2: (1)0(1)
Case #3: (111)000
Case #4: (1)
The strings ()0000(), (1)0(((()))1) and
(1)(11)000 are not valid solutions to Sample Cases #1, #2 and #3,
respectively, only because they are not of minimum length. In addition,
1)( and )(1 are not valid solutions to Sample Case #4 because they
contain unmatched parentheses and the nesting depth is 0
at the position where there is a 1.
You can create sample inputs that are valid only for Test Set 2 by removing the parentheses from the example strings mentioned in the problem statement.
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