bisect_left
- bisect_left(a, x, lo=0, hi=len(a), *, key=None)
Return the index where to insert item x in list a, assuming a is sorted. The return value i is such that all e in a[:i] have e < x, and all e in a[i:] have e >= x. So if x already appears in the list, a.insert(i, x) will insert just before the leftmost x already there. Optional args lo (default 0) and hi (default len(a)) bound the slice of a to be searched. A custom key function can be supplied to customize the sort order.
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Changed in 3.10
- 3.10: Added the key parameter.
1 Example
>>> data = [('red', 5), ('blue', 1), ('yellow', 8), ('black', 0)] >>> data.sort(key=lambda r: r[1]) # Or use operator.itemgetter(1). >>> keys = [r[1] for r in data] # Precompute a list of keys. >>> data[bisect_left(keys, 0)] ('black', 0) >>> data[bisect_left(keys, 1)] ('blue', 1) >>> data[bisect_left(keys, 5)] ('red', 5) >>> data[bisect_left(keys, 8)] ('yellow', 8)
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