Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * SOWGware, Copyright 2010 * * This file is part of SOWGcalc. SOWGcalc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. SOWGcalc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with SOWGcalc. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.Arrays; public class Main { public static String addParentheses(String text) { int numOpenParens = 0, numCloseParens = 0; //search string for parentheses for (char c : text.toCharArray()) { if (c == '(') { numOpenParens++; } else if (c == ')') { numCloseParens++; } } int diffParens = numOpenParens - numCloseParens; //construct a number of open/close parentheses depending on number String textCorrected = ""; if (diffParens == 0) { textCorrected = text; } else if (diffParens < 0) { //add open parentheses at the beginning String parens = repeatingChars('(', -diffParens); textCorrected = parens + text; } else { //add close parentheses at the end String parens = repeatingChars(')', diffParens); textCorrected = text + parens; } return textCorrected; } public static String repeatingChars(char toRepeat, int number) { char[] chars = new char[number]; Arrays.fill(chars, toRepeat); return new String(chars); } }