301. Remove Invalid Parentheses

    /*
     * 301. Remove Invalid Parentheses
     * 2016-7-3 by Mingyang
     *https://discuss.leetcode.com/topic/34875/easy-short-concise-and-fast-java-dfs-3-ms-solution
     */
    public List<String> removeInvalidParentheses(String s) {
        List<String> ans = new ArrayList<>();
        remove(s, ans, 0, 0, new char[]{'(', ')'});
        return ans;
    }
    public void remove(String s, List<String> ans, int last_i, int last_j,  char[] par) {
        for (int stack = 0, i = last_i; i < s.length(); ++i) {
            if (s.charAt(i) == par[0]) stack++;
            if (s.charAt(i) == par[1]) stack--;
            if (stack >= 0) continue;
            for (int j = last_j; j <= i; ++j)
                if (s.charAt(j) == par[1] && (j == last_j || s.charAt(j - 1) != par[1]))
                    remove(s.substring(0, j) + s.substring(j + 1, s.length()), ans, i, j, par);
            return;
        }
        String reversed = new StringBuilder(s).reverse().toString();
        if (par[0] == '(') // finished left to right
            remove(reversed, ans, 0, 0, new char[]{')', '('});
        else // finished right to left
            ans.add(reversed);
    }