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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-10-07 14:45:49 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-10-07 14:45:49 (GMT)
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treed0d25373c83fb19036b67763b17dfebe1a609892 /Lib
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Add optional arguments lo and hi to insort() and bisect(), to support
using arrays containing leading or trailing garbage.
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-rw-r--r--Lib/bisect.py10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/bisect.py b/Lib/bisect.py
index 688666a..4d92bc8 100644
--- a/Lib/bisect.py
+++ b/Lib/bisect.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
# Insert item x in list a, and keep it sorted assuming a is sorted
-def insort(a, x):
- lo, hi = 0, len(a)
+def insort(a, x, lo=0, hi=None):
+ if hi is None:
+ hi = len(a)
while lo < hi:
mid = (lo+hi)/2
if x < a[mid]: hi = mid
@@ -14,8 +15,9 @@ def insort(a, x):
# Find the index where to insert item x in list a, assuming a is sorted
-def bisect(a, x):
- lo, hi = 0, len(a)
+def bisect(a, x, lo=0, hi=None):
+ if hi is None:
+ hi = len(a)
while lo < hi:
mid = (lo+hi)/2
if x < a[mid]: hi = mid