Python: Separate parentheses groups

Python Programming Puzzles: Exercise-94 with Solution

Given a string consisting of whitespace and groups of matched parentheses, write a Python program to split it into groups of perfectly matched parentheses without any whitespace.

Input: 
( ()) ((()()())) (()) ()
Output:
['(())', '((()()()))', '(())', '()']

Input:
() (( ( )() (   )) ) ( ())
Output:
['()', '((()()()))', '(())']

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

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def test(combined):
    ls = []
    s2 = ""
    for s in combined.replace(' ', ''):
        s2 += s
        if s2.count("(") == s2.count(")"):
            ls.append(s2)
            s2 = ""
    return ls 
combined = '( ()) ((()()())) (()) ()'
print("Parentheses string:")
print(combined)
print("Separate parentheses groups of the said string:")
print(test(combined))
combined = '() (( ( )() (   )) ) ( ())'
print("\nParentheses string:")
print(combined)
print("Separate parentheses groups of the said string:")
print(test(combined))

Sample Output:

Parentheses string:
( ()) ((()()())) (()) ()
Separate parentheses groups of the said string:
['(())', '((()()()))', '(())', '()']

Parentheses string:
() (( ( )() (   )) ) ( ())
Separate parentheses groups of the said string:
['()', '((()()()))', '(())']

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