Next Greater Element I Problem
Description
LeetCode Problem 496.
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:
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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:
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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] <= 10^4
- All integers in nums1 and nums2 are unique.
- All the integers of nums1 also appear in nums2.
Sample C++ Code
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class Solution {
public:
vector<int> nextGreaterElement(vector<int>& findNums, vector<int>& nums) {
stack<int> s;
unordered_map<int, int> m;
for (int n : nums) {
while (s.size() && s.top() < n) {
m[s.top()] = n;
s.pop();
}
s.push(n);
}
vector<int> ans;
for (int n : findNums) ans.push_back(m.count(n) ? m[n] : -1);
return ans;
}
};