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def binary_search(a, x):
    mid = (len(a)-1)//2
    if len(a) == 0:
        return -1
    # To catch the edge case where binary_search returns an empty list]
    elif x == a[mid]:
        return mid
    elif len(a) == 1:
        return -1
    # To catch the edge case where binary_search returns one value but it does not match
    elif x < a[mid]:
            return binary_search(a[:mid], x)
    elif x > a[mid]:
        right_value = binary_search(a[mid+1:], x)
        if right_value == -1:
            # the if portion pass -1 up the recursion stack.
            return -1
        else:
            return mid + 1 + right_value
    # write your code here
    
    

def binary_search(a, x):
    left, right = 0, len(a)-1
    while left <= right:
        mid = left+(right-left)//2
        if x == a[mid]:
            return mid
        if x < a[mid]:
            right = mid - 1
        if x > a[mid]:
            left = mid + 1
    return -1
    # write your code here

input = sys.stdin.read()
data = list(map(int, input.split()))
n = data[0]
m = data[n + 1]
a = data[1 : n + 1]
for x in data[n + 2:]:
    print (binary_search(a, x), end = ' ')