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Remove Invalid Parentheses

Given a string s that contains parentheses and letters, remove the minimum number of invalid parentheses to make the input string valid.

Given a string s that contains parentheses and letters, remove the minimum number of invalid parentheses to make the input string valid.

Return a list of unique strings that are valid with the minimum number of removals. You may return the answer in any order.

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Example 1

Input: s = "()())()"

Output: ["(())()","()()()"]

Example 2

Input: s = "(a)())()"

Output: ["(a())()","(a)()()"]

Example 3

Input: s = ")("

Output: [""]

Constraints

  • 1 <= s.length <= 25
  • s consists of lowercase English letters and parentheses '(' and ')'.
  • There will be at most 20 parentheses in s.

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