Function bisect_right

Lib/bisect.py:21–54

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 after the rightmost x already there. Optional ar

(a, x, lo=0, hi=None, *, key=None)

def bisect_right(a, x, lo=0, hi=None, *, 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 after the rightmost 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.
    """

    if lo < 0:
        raise ValueError('lo must be non-negative')
    if hi is None:
        hi = len(a)
    # Note, the comparison uses "<" to match the
    # __lt__() logic in list.sort() and in heapq.
    if key is None:
        while lo < hi:
            mid = (lo + hi) // 2
            if x < a[mid]:
                hi = mid
            else:
                lo = mid + 1
    else:
        while lo < hi:
            mid = (lo + hi) // 2
            if x < key(a[mid]):
                hi = mid
            else:
                lo = mid + 1
    return lo


def insort_left(a, x, lo=0, hi=None, *, key=None):