#lang racket (define (generate n) (list->string (shuffle (append* (make-list n '(#\[ #\])))))) (define (balanced? str) (let loop ([l (string->list str)] [n 0]) (or (null? l) (if (eq? #\[ (car l)) (loop (cdr l) (add1 n)) (and (> n 0) (loop (cdr l) (sub1 n))))))) (define (try n) (define s (generate n)) (printf "~a => ~a\n" s (if (balanced? s) "OK" "NOT OK"))) (for ([n 10]) (try n))