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Abhishek Chaudhary
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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.

Example 2:

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

  • 2 is underlined in nums2 = [1,2,3,4]. The next greater element is 3.
  • 4 is underlined in nums2 = [1,2,3,4]. There is no next greater element, so the answer is -1.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums1.length <= nums2.length <= 1000
  • 0 <= nums1[i], nums2[i] <= 104
  • All integers in nums1 and nums2 are unique.
  • All the integers of nums1 also appear in nums2.

Follow up: Could you find an O(nums1.length + nums2.length) solution?SOLUTION:

class Solution:
    def nextGreaterElement(self, nums1: List[int], nums2: List[int]) -> List[int]:
        n = len(nums2)
        greater = {}
        for i in range(n):
            for j in range(i + 1, n):
                if nums2[j] > nums2[i]:
                    greater[nums2[i]] = nums2[j]
                    break
        return [greater.get(num, -1) for num in nums1]
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