import bisect
import sys
HAYSTACK = [1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 15, 20, 21, 23, 23, 26, 29, 30]
NEEDLES = [0, 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 22, 23, 29, 30, 31]
ROW_FMT = '{0:2d} @ {1:2d} {2}{0:<2d}'
def demo(bisect_fn):
for needle in reversed(NEEDLES):
position = bisect_fn(HAYSTACK, needle)
offset = position * ' |'
print(ROW_FMT.format(needle, position, offset))
if __name__ == '__main__':
if sys.argv[-1] == 'left':
bisect_fn = bisect.bisect_left
else:
bisect_fn = bisect.bisect
print('DEMO:', bisect_fn.__name__)
print('haystack ->', ' '.join('%2d' % n for n in HAYSTACK))
demo(bisect_fn)
bisect(haystack, needle) does a binary search for needle in haystack — which must be a sorted sequence — to locate the position where needle can be inserted while maintaining haystack in ascending order. In other words, all items appearing up to that position are less or equal to needle.
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