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# 496. Next Greater Element I!

```java
class Solution {
    public int[] nextGreaterElement(int[] nums1, int[] nums2) {
        // stack, smaller number on the top,
        // if push a larger one, pop the small one out
        Map<Integer, Integer> memo = new HashMap<>();
        Deque<Integer> stack = new LinkedList<>();
        
        for (int num : nums2){
            while(stack.size()>0 && stack.peek()<num){
                // num is the next greater element of stack.pop();
                memo.put(stack.pop(), num);
            }
            stack.push(num);
        }
        
        for(int i = 0; i<nums1.length; i++){
            nums1[i]=memo.getOrDefault(nums1[i],-1);
        }
        return nums1;
    }
}
```