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The Next Greater Element - I

The next greater element of some element x in an array is the first greater element that is to the right of x in the same array.

You are given two distinct 0-indexed integer arrays nums1 and nums2, where nums1 is a subset of nums2.

For each 0 <= i < nums1.length, find the index j such that nums1[i] == nums2[j] and determine the next greater element of nums2[j] in nums2. If there is no next greater element, then the answer for this query is -1.

Return an array ans of length nums1.length such that ans[i] is the next greater element as described above.

Example 1:

Input: nums1 = [4,1,2], nums2 = [1,3,4,2]
Output: [-1,3,-1]
Explanation: The next greater element for each value of nums1 is as follows:

  • 4 is underlined in nums2 = [1,3,4,2]. There is no next greater element, so the answer is -1.
  • 1 is underlined in nums2 = [1,3,4,2]. The next greater element is 3.
  • 2 is underlined in nums2 = [1,3,4,2]. There is no next greater element, so the answer is -1.
/**
 * @param {number[]} nums1
 * @param {number[]} nums2
 * @return {number[]}
 */
var nextGreaterElement = function (nums1, nums2) {
  const stack = [];
  const map = {};

  for (let num of nums2) {
    while (stack.length && num > stack[stack.length - 1]) {
      const pop = stack.pop();
      map[pop] = num;
    }
    stack.push(num);
  }

  while (stack.length) {
    map[stack.pop()] = -1;
  }

  return nums1.map((a) => map[a]);
};

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