bisectEasy Examples

Binary search and sorted-list insertion functions

Getting started with bisect

Basic import and usage of the bisect module.

python
import bisect

# Maintain sorted list
sorted_list = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
bisect.insort(sorted_list, 4)
bisect.insort(sorted_list, 6)
print(sorted_list)

# Find insertion point
print(bisect.bisect_left(sorted_list, 5))

The bisect module is part of Python's standard library. Binary search and sorted-list insertion functions.

Common bisect operations

Frequently used functions from the bisect module.

python
# More bisect examples
import bisect

print(f"bisect module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {bisect.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(bisect))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the bisect module.

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