[LeetCode]Remove K Digits@Python

Remove K Digits
Given a non-negative integer num represented as a string, remove k digits from the number so that the new number is the smallest possible.

Note:
The length of num is less than 10002 and will be ≥ k.
The given num does not contain any leading zero.

Example
Input: num = “1432219”, k = 3
Output: “1219”
Explanation: Remove the three digits 4, 3, and 2 to form the new number 1219 which is the smallest.

Solution

# or None when most cases k==0 then o or None equals None which means the entire list
class Solution(object):
    def removeKdigits(self, num, k):
        """
        :type num: str
        :type k: int
        :rtype: str
        """
        stack = []
        for s in num:
            while k and stack and stack[-1]>s:
                stack.pop()
                k -= 1
            stack.append(s)
        return ''.join(stack[:-k or None]).lstrip('0') or '0'