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HardPrep Room Coding #1178

Expression calculator

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresMid–Senior~35 min

Implement a basic calculator that evaluates a string expression containing non-negative integers, '+', '-', '*', '/', spaces, and parentheses. Integer division truncates toward zero. The expression is always valid; assume the result and all intermediate values fit in a signed 64-bit integer. 1 <= len(s) <= 100000. Example: '2*(5+5*2)/3+(6/2+8)' -> 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