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+# Exercise 13 - Balanced Parenthesis
+
+Write a JavaScript function that takes a string as input and returns true if it contains a balanced set of parentheses and false otherwise. The function should, for example, return true for the following strings:
+
+- "()"
+- "{()}"
+- "()[]"
+
+and return false for following string:
+
+- "(()"
+- "{}}}"
+- "[(])}"
+
+## Hint:
+
+To solve this problem, you can use a stack data structure to keep track of when parenthesis open and close.
+
+- Each opening parenthesis in the string is pushed onto the stack by looping through it.
+- If you encounter a closing parenthesis, take the top element from the stack and see if it matches. Continue iterating over the string if they match. Return false if they do not match.
+- If the stack is empty at the end of the loop, return true; otherwise, return false.
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+function balancedParenthesis(str){
+    //code here
+    
+}
+
+
+//do not delete below this line
+module.exports = balancedParenthesis;
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diff --git a/13_balancedParenthesis/balancedParenthesis.spec.js b/13_balancedParenthesis/balancedParenthesis.spec.js
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+const balancedParenthesis = require('./balancedParenthesis');
+
+describe("balanced parenthesis", () => {
+    
+    test("(()) is return true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("(())")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test.skip("empty string is true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test.skip("()) is return false", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("())")).toBe(false);
+    });
+    test.skip("{[()]} is return true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("{[()]}")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test.skip("{[()]}( is return false", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("{[()]}(")).toBe(false);
+    });
+    test.skip("((((((( is return false", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("(((((((")).toBe(false);
+    });
+    test.skip("()[]{} is return true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("()[]{}")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test.skip("([{}]) is return true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("([{}])")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test.skip("{{{{}}}}()() is return true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("{{{{}}}}()()")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    
+})
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+function balancedParenthesis(str){
+    const stack = [];
+    const openP = {
+        "(" : ")",
+        "[" : "]",
+        "{" : "}" 
+    };
+    const closeP = {
+        ")" : true,
+        "]" : true,
+        "}" : true
+    };
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++){
+        const char = str[i];
+
+        if (openP[char]){
+            stack.push(char);
+        }
+        else if (closeP[char]){
+            const pop = stack.pop();
+
+            if (!pop || openP[pop] != char){
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return stack.length == 0 ? true : false;
+}
+
+module.exports = balancedParenthesis;
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diff --git a/13_balancedParenthesis/solution/balancedParenthesis-solution.spec.js b/13_balancedParenthesis/solution/balancedParenthesis-solution.spec.js
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+const balancedParenthesis = require('./balancedParenthesis-solution');
+
+describe("balanced parenthesis", () => {
+    
+    test("(()) is return true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("(())")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test("empty string is true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test("()) is return false", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("())")).toBe(false);
+    });
+    test("{[()]} is return true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("{[()]}")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test("{[()]}( is return false", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("{[()]}(")).toBe(false);
+    });
+    test("((((((( is return false", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("(((((((")).toBe(false);
+    });
+    test("()[]{} is return true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("()[]{}")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test("([{}]) is return true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("([{}])")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test("{{{{}}}}()() is return true", () => {
+        expect(balancedParenthesis("{{{{}}}}()()")).toBe(true);
+    });
+    
+})
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