# Searchsortedfirst \`by\` argument not working?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searchsortedfirst-by-argument-not-working/47769>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searchsortedfirst-by-argument-not-working/47769 "2020-10-05T07:28:08Z")\
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AFAIK `by` applies to both the element and the vector.

Also, please don’t post screenshots, but quoted code.

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