heapreplace function pops the smallest element off the heap and then pushes a new element onto it. : heapreplace « Buildin Function « Python Tutorial

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heap = [5, 8, 0, 3, 6, 7, 9, 1, 4, 2]
heapify(heap)
print heap
heapreplace(heap, 0.5)
print heap
print heapreplace(heap, 10)
print heap