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removeNodesFromLinkedListGreaterToRight

/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* struct ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode *next;
* ListNode() : val(0), next(nullptr) {}
* ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(nullptr) {}
* ListNode(int x, ListNode *next) : val(x), next(next) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
ListNode* removeNodes(ListNode* head) {
deque<ListNode*> deque;
ListNode* tmp = head;

while(tmp != nullptr) {
while(deque.size() > 0 && tmp->val > deque.front()->val) {
deque.pop_front();
}
deque.push_front(tmp);
tmp = tmp->next;
}

ListNode* newHead = deque.back();
deque.pop_back();
ListNode* curr = newHead;
while(deque.size() > 0) {
ListNode* next = deque.back();
deque.pop_back();
curr->next = next;
curr = next;
}
curr->next = nullptr;

return(newHead);
}
};