A string is a valid parentheses string (denoted VPS) if it meets one of the following:

  • It is an empty string “”, or a single character not equal to “(” or “)”,
  • It can be written as AB (A concatenated with B), where A and B are VPS’s, or
  • It can be written as (A), where A is a VPS.

We can similarly define the nesting depth depth(S) of any VPS S as follows:

  • depth("") = 0
  • depth(C) = 0, where C is a string with a single character not equal to “(” or “)”.
  • depth(A + B) = max(depth(A), depth(B)), where A and B are VPS’s.
  • depth("(" + A + “)”) = 1 + depth(A), where A is a VPS.

For example, “”, “()()”, and “()(()())” are VPS’s (with nesting depths 0, 1, and 2), and “)(” and “(()” are not VPS’s. Given a VPS represented as string s, return the nesting depth of s.

v0

class Solution
{

    /**
     * @param String $s
     * @return Integer
     */
    function maxDepth($s)
    {
        $tmp = 0;
        $n   = 0;
        for ($i = 0, $iMax = strlen($s); $i < $iMax; $i++) {
            if ($s[$i] === '(') {
                $n++;
            }

            if ($s[$i] === ')') {
                $tmp = $tmp > $n ? $tmp : $n;
                $n--;
            }
        }
        return $tmp;
    }
}