Remove Duplicate Letters
<p>Given a string <code>s</code>, remove duplicate letters so that every letter appears once and only once. You must make sure your result is <span data-keyword="lexicographically-smaller-string"><strong>the smallest in lexicographical order</strong></span> among all possible results.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> s = &quot;bcabc&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;abc&quot;
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> s = &quot;cbacdcbc&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;acdb&quot;
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

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	<li><code>1 &lt;= s.length &lt;= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>s</code> consists of lowercase English letters.</li>
</ul>

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<p><strong>Note:</strong> This question is the same as 1081: <a href="https://leetcode.com/problems/smallest-subsequence-of-distinct-characters/" target="_blank">https://leetcode.com/problems/smallest-subsequence-of-distinct-characters/</a></p>
Stack; Greedy; String; Monotonic Stack
class Solution {
    public String removeDuplicateLetters(String s) {
        int n = s.length();
        int[] last = new int[26];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            last[s.charAt(i) - 'a'] = i;
        }
        Deque<Character> stk = new ArrayDeque<>();
        int mask = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (((mask >> (c - 'a')) & 1) == 1) {
                continue;
            }
            while (!stk.isEmpty() && stk.peek() > c && last[stk.peek() - 'a'] > i) {
                mask ^= 1 << (stk.pop() - 'a');
            }
            stk.push(c);
            mask |= 1 << (c - 'a');
        }
        StringBuilder ans = new StringBuilder();
        for (char c : stk) {
            ans.append(c);
        }
        return ans.reverse().toString();
    }
}