Level 5Exercise #112

Insertion point on the right

Return where target belongs after all equal values.

What you’ll practice

This Level 5 exercise focuses on bisect_right in the Algorithms curriculum. Solve the challenge prompt above using clear, idiomatic Python and the relevant language or standard-library tools.

Relevant Python reference: bisect — Array bisection algorithm.

Sample Test Cases

Example #1

Input:right_index([1,3,3,7], target=3)

Output:3

Reference Solution

Reveal Reference Solution

def right_index(values: list[int], target: int) -> int:
    from bisect import bisect_right
    return bisect_right(values, target)

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Insertion point on the right

What you’ll practice

Sample Test Cases

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Reference Solution