When are bisect_left and bisect_right not equal?

Question

In my understanding, bisect_left and bisect_right are two different ways of doing the same thing: bisection, one coming from the left and the other coming from the right. Thus,

Answer 1

There are two things to be understood: bisect.bisect and bisect.bisect_right work the same way. These return the rightmost position where the element can be inserted without breaking the order of elements. But as opposed to the above, bisect.bisect_left returns the leftmost position where the element can be inserted. Use carefully.