Final Prices With a Special Discount in a Shop
Difficulty: Easy
Category: DSA
Topics: Array, Stack, Monotonic Stack
Asked at: Dream11
You are given an integer array `prices` where `prices[i]` is the price of the `ith` item in a shop.
There is a special discount for items in the shop. If you buy the `ith` item, then you will receive a discount equivalent to `prices[j]` where `j` is the minimum index such that `j > i` and `prices[j] <= prices[i]`. Otherwise, you will not receive any discount at all.
Return an integer array `answer` where `answer[i]` is the final price you will pay for the `ith` item of the shop, considering the special discount.
**Example 1:**
**Input:** prices = [8,4,6,2,3]
**Output:** [4,2,4,2,3]
**Explanation:**
For item 0 with price[0]=8 you will receive a discount equivalent to prices[1]=4, therefore, the final price you will pay is 8 - 4 = 4.
For item 1 with price[1]=4 you will receive a discount equivalent to prices[3]=2, therefore, the final price you will pay is 4 - 2 = 2.
For item 2 with price[2]=6 you will receive a discount equivalent to prices[3]=2, therefore, the final price you will pay is 6 - 2 = 4.
For items 3 and 4 you will not receive any discount at all.
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**Example 2:**
**Input:** prices = [1,2,3,4,5]
**Output:** [1,2,3,4,5]
**Explanation:** In this case, for all items, you will not receive any discount at all.
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**Example 3:**
**Input:** prices = [10,1,1,6]
**Output:** [9,0,1,6]
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**Constraints:**
- `1 <= prices.length <= 500`
- `1 <= prices[i] <= 1000`