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Solution: Remove K Digits

Explore how to apply a greedy algorithm to remove exactly k digits from a numeric string to achieve the smallest possible number. Understand the use of a monotonic increasing stack to decide which digits to remove, and learn to handle edge cases like leading zeros and leftover removals efficiently.

Statement

Given a string, num, that represents a non-negative integer and an integer k, remove exactly k digits from num so that the remaining digits form the smallest possible number.

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