Checking balanced parantheses using Stack

data_structures/Stacks/Balanced_Parentheses.py

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+# Author: OMKAR PATHAK
+
+import Stack
+
+def parseParenthesis(string):
+    balanced = 1
+    index = 0
+    myStack = Stack.Stack(len(string))
+    while (index < len(string)) and (balanced == 1):
+        check = string[index]
+        if check == '(':
+            myStack.push(check)
+        else:
+            if myStack.isEmpty():
+                balanced = 0
+            else:
+                myStack.pop()
+        index += 1
+
+    if balanced == 1 and myStack.isEmpty():
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(parseParenthesis('((()))'))   # True
+    print(parseParenthesis('((())'))    # False