402. Remove K Digits

http://www.cnblogs.com/grandyang/p/5883736.html
https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-k-digits/discuss/88660

Solution：

思路：

Time Complexity: O(N) Space Complexity: O(N)

Solution Code：

public class Solution {
    public String removeKdigits(String num, int k) {
        int digits = num.length() - k;
        char[] stk = new char[num.length()];
        int top = 0;
        // k keeps track of how many characters we can remove
        // if the previous character in stk is larger than the current one
        // then removing it will get a smaller number
        // but we can only do so when k is larger than 0
        for (int i = 0; i < num.length(); ++i) {
            char c = num.charAt(i);
            while (top > 0 && stk[top-1] > c && k > 0) {
                top -= 1;
                k -= 1;
            }
            stk[top++] = c;
        }
        // find the index of first non-zero digit
        int idx = 0;
        while (idx < digits && stk[idx] == '0') idx++;
        return idx == digits? "0": new String(stk, idx, digits - idx);
    }
}