Remove K Digits
<p>Given string num representing a non-negative integer <code>num</code>, and an integer <code>k</code>, return <em>the smallest possible integer after removing</em> <code>k</code> <em>digits from</em> <code>num</code>.</p>

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

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<strong>Input:</strong> num = &quot;1432219&quot;, k = 3
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;1219&quot;
<strong>Explanation:</strong> Remove the three digits 4, 3, and 2 to form the new number 1219 which is the smallest.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> num = &quot;10200&quot;, k = 1
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;200&quot;
<strong>Explanation:</strong> Remove the leading 1 and the number is 200. Note that the output must not contain leading zeroes.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> num = &quot;10&quot;, k = 2
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;0&quot;
<strong>Explanation:</strong> Remove all the digits from the number and it is left with nothing which is 0.
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= k &lt;= num.length &lt;= 10<sup>5</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>num</code> consists of only digits.</li>
	<li><code>num</code> does not have any leading zeros except for the zero itself.</li>
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Stack; Greedy; String; Monotonic Stack
class Solution {
public:
    string removeKdigits(string num, int k) {
        string stk;
        for (char& c : num) {
            while (k && stk.size() && stk.back() > c) {
                stk.pop_back();
                --k;
            }
            stk += c;
        }
        while (k--) {
            stk.pop_back();
        }
        int i = 0;
        for (; i < stk.size() && stk[i] == '0'; ++i) {
        }
        string ans = stk.substr(i);
        return ans == "" ? "0" : ans;
    }
};