Code RoomExpression evaluator
HardPrep Room Coding #1153

Expression evaluator

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresSenior–Staff~35 min

Evaluate a basic arithmetic expression string containing non-negative integers, the operators + - * /, spaces, and parentheses. Integer division truncates toward zero (like C). The expression is always valid. Return the integer result. Example: "2*(5+5*2)/3+(6/2+8)" evaluates to 21.

Implement
calculate(s: str) → int
Examples
in["2*(5+5*2)/3+(6/2+8)"]out21
What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

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InputExpectedGot
["2*(5+5*2)/3+(6/2+8)"]21not run yetsample