How to Find First Index Where Elements Should Be Inserted to Maintain Order

In this example we will show how to search the sorted NumPy array and find the first index where elements should be inserted to maintain order in Python.

Source Code

import numpy as np

n = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])

idx = np.searchsorted(n, 4)

print(idx)

Output:

3