import os path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) with open(path+'/input.txt', 'r') as input: pos = 0 char_pos = 0 text = input.readline() for char in text : if char == ')': pos -= 1 elif char == '(': pos += 1 char_pos += 1 if pos == -1: print (char_pos) break input.close()