copy — Easy Examples

Shallow and deep copy operations for objects

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Getting started with copy

Basic import and usage of the copy module.

python
import copy

# Shallow vs deep copy
original = [[1, 2], [3, 4]]
shallow = copy.copy(original)
deep = copy.deepcopy(original)

original[0].append(99)
print(f"Original: {original}")
print(f"Shallow: {shallow}")  # Affected!
print(f"Deep: {deep}")  # Not affected

The copy module is part of Python's standard library. Shallow and deep copy operations for objects.

Common copy operations

Frequently used functions from the copy module.

python
# More copy examples
import copy

print(f"copy module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {copy.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(copy))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the copy module.

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