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How do I copy an object in Python?

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  1. Try copy.copy or copy.deepcopy for the general case. Not all objects can be copied, but most can.
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  3. import copy
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  5. newobj = copy.copy(oldobj) # shallow copy
  6. newobj = copy.deepcopy(oldobj) # deep (recursive) copy
  7. Some objects can be copied more easily. Dictionaries have a copy method:
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  9. newdict = olddict.copy()
  10. Sequences can be copied by slicing:
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  12. new_list = L[:]
  13. You can also use the list, tuple, dict, and set functions to copy the corresponding objects, and to convert between different sequence types:
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  15. new_list = list(L) # copy
  16. new_dict = dict(olddict) # copy
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  18. new_set = set(L) # convert list to set
  19. new_tuple = tuple(L) # convert list to tuple

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