brackte_matcher.py

"""Bracket Matcher
Have the function BracketMatcher(str) take the str parameter being passed and return 1
if the brackets are correctly matched and each one is accounted for. Otherwise return 0.
For example: if str is "(hello (world))", then the output should be 1, but if str is
"((hello (world))" the the output should be 0 because the brackets do not correctly match up.
Only "(" and ")" will be used as brackets. If str contains no brackets return 1.
Examples
Input: "(coder)(byte))"
Output: 0

Input: "(c(oder)) b(yte)"
Output: 1                   """

def BracketMatcher(strParam):
    count = 0
    for c in strParam:
        if c == '(':
            count += 1
        elif c == ')':
            count -= 1
        if count < 0:
            return 0

    return 1 if count == 0 else 0

# keep this function call here
bracket="the color re(d))()(()"
print(BracketMatcher(bracket))