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+Longest Valid Parentheses
+//code
+
+class Solution {
+public:
+    int longestValidParentheses(string s) {
+        int open=0, close=0;
+        int maxLen=0;
+		
+        for(int i=0;i<s.size();i++){
+            if(s[i]=='('){
+                open++;
+            }
+            else{
+                close++;
+            }
+			
+            if(open==close){   
+                int len=open+close;
+                maxLen=max(maxLen,len);
+            }
+			else if(close>open){      
+                close=0;
+                open=0;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        open=0,close=0;
+        
+		
+        for(int i=s.size()-1;i>=0;i--){
+            if(s[i]=='('){
+                open++;
+            }
+            else{
+                close++;
+            }
+		
+            if(open==close){
+                int len=open+close;
+                maxLen=max(maxLen,len);
+            }
+            else if(close<open){     
+                close=0;
+                open=0;
+            }            
+        }
+        return maxLen;
+    }
+};