Python's Bisect Method
Explore Python's bisect module to efficiently locate the first occurrence of a target value in a sorted list using binary search. Understand bisect_left, bisect_right, bisect, insort_left, and insort_right to search and insert elements while maintaining order. This lesson prepares you to apply these methods in coding challenges and interviews.
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In this lesson, we will learn about a function that takes an array of sorted integers and a key and returns the index of the first occurrence of that key from the array.
For example, for the array:
[-14, -10, 2, 108, 108, 243, 285, 285, 285, 401]
with
target = 108
the function would return 3, as the first occurrence of 108 in the above array is located at index 3.
We introduce to you: the bisect module in Python!
Bisect is a ...