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For the following arithmetic expression:

((2 + 3) * (4 / 2)) + 2

Show step-by-step process for matching parentheses using stack data structure.

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For matching parentheses, we can push in the stack for each opening parenthesis of the expression and pop from the stack for each closing parenthesis.

Scanning from left to right:

SymbolStackAction
(( ↑ — topPush
(((Push
2..........
+..........
3..........
)(Pop
*..........
(((Push
4..........
/..........
2..........
)(Pop
)#EmptyPop
+..........
2#Empty..........

Empty stack => Balanced Parentheses

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