docstr: ivy.Container instance method variant of ivy.searchsorted.
  
  This method simply wraps the function, and so the docstring for
  ivy.searchsorted also applies to this method with minimal
  changes.
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code: def searchsorted(
      self: ivy.Container,
      v: Union[ivy.Array, ivy.NativeArray, ivy.Container],
      /,
      *,
      side: Union[Literal["left", "right"], ivy.Container] = "left",
      sorter: Optional[
          Union[ivy.Array, ivy.NativeArray, List[int], ivy.Container]
      ] = None,
      ret_dtype: Union[
          ivy.Dtype, ivy.NativeDtype, ivy.Container
      ] = ivy.int64,
      key_chains: Optional[
          Union[List[str], Dict[str, str], ivy.Container]
      ] = None,
      to_apply: Union[bool, ivy.Container] = True,
      prune_unapplied: Union[bool, ivy.Container] = False,
      map_sequences: Union[bool, ivy.Container] = False,
      out: Optional[ivy.Container] = None,
  ) -> ivy.Container:
      """ivy.Container instance method variant of ivy.searchsorted.
  
      This method simply wraps the function, and so the docstring for
      ivy.searchsorted also applies to this method with minimal
      changes.
      """
      return self._static_searchsorted(
          self,
          v,
          side=side,
          sorter=sorter,
          ret_dtype=ret_dtype,
          key_chains=key_chains,
          to_apply=to_apply,
          prune_unapplied=prune_unapplied,
          map_sequences=map_sequences,
          out=out,
      )
  
file_path: ivy/ivy/data_classes/container/sorting.py
imports: from typing import Optional, List, Union, Dict, Literal
  from ivy.data_classes.container.base import ContainerBase
  import ivy
label_desc: Use image node_id 8 for calling the _ContainerWithSorting obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.searchsorted() and returns: self