Santa is trying to deliver presents in a large apartment building, but he can't find the right floor - the directions he got are a little confusing. He starts on the ground floor (floor 0
) and then follows the instructions one character at a time.
An opening parenthesis, (
, means he should go up one floor, and a closing parenthesis, )
, means he should go down one floor.
The apartment building is very tall, and the basement is very deep; he will never find the top or bottom floors.
For example:
(())
and()()
both result in floor0
.(((
and(()(()(
both result in floor3
.))(((((
also results in floor3
.())
and))(
both result in floor-1
(the first basement level).)))
and)())())
both result in floor-3
.
To what floor do the instructions take Santa?
Now, given the same instructions, find the position of the first character that causes him to enter the basement (floor -1
). The first character in the instructions has position 1
, the second character has position 2
, and so on.
For example:
)
causes him to enter the basement at character position1
.()())
causes him to enter the basement at character position5
.
What is the position of the character that causes Santa to first enter the basement?