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You are given a string s, which contains stars *.

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In one operation, you can:

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Return the string after all stars have been removed.

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Note:

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Example 1:

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\nInput: s = "leet**cod*e"\nOutput: "lecoe"\nExplanation: Performing the removals from left to right:\n- The closest character to the 1st star is 't' in "leet**cod*e". s becomes "lee*cod*e".\n- The closest character to the 2nd star is 'e' in "lee*cod*e". s becomes "lecod*e".\n- The closest character to the 3rd star is 'd' in "lecod*e". s becomes "lecoe".\nThere are no more stars, so we return "lecoe".
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Example 2:

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\nInput: s = "erase*****"\nOutput: ""\nExplanation: The entire string is removed, so we return an empty string.\n
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