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Copy Techniques in Python

The document explains two copy techniques in Python: Shallow Copy and Deep Copy. Shallow Copy creates a new object with the same content but different memory addresses, while Deep Copy creates a new object that shares the same memory address as the original. Examples illustrate how modifications to one object affect the other in each technique.

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Copy Techniques in Python

The document explains two copy techniques in Python: Shallow Copy and Deep Copy. Shallow Copy creates a new object with the same content but different memory addresses, while Deep Copy creates a new object that shares the same memory address as the original. Examples illustrate how modifications to one object affect the other in each technique.

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Copy Techniques in Python


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=>In Python Programming, we have Two Types of Copy Techniques. They are

1. Shallow Copy
2. Deep Copy
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1. Shallow Copy
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=>The Properties of Shallow Copy are
a) Initial Content of Both the Objects are SAME
b) The Memory Address of Both the Objects are DIFFERENT
c) The Modifications are Indepedent ( Whatever the changes we do on one
object,
Which are not reflected to another object )
=>To Implement the Shallow Copy Technique, we use copy().

Syntax: object2=object1.copy()
Examples:
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>>> l1=[10,"Rossum",23.45]
>>> print(l1,id(l1))------------[10, 'Rossum', 23.45] 1996956062656
>>> l2=l1.copy() # Shallow Copy
>>> print(l2,id(l2))------------[10, 'Rossum', 23.45] 1996959406400
>>> l1.append("Python")
>>> l2.insert(1,"Nether")
>>> print(l1,id(l1))-----------[10, 'Rossum', 23.45, 'Python'] 1996956062656
>>> print(l2,id(l2))-----------[10, 'Nether', 'Rossum', 23.45] 1996959406400
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2. Deep Copy
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=>The Properties of Deep Copy are
a) Initial Content of Both the Objects are SAME
b) The Memory Address of Both the Objects are SAME
c) The Modifications are Depedent ( Whatever the changes we do on one
object,
Which are reflected to another object and both of them are
pointing same memory space)

=>To Implement the Deep Copy Technique, we use Assignment Operator ( = )

Syntax: object2=object1

Examples:
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>>> l1=[10,"Rossum",23.45]
>>> print(l1,id(l1))-----------------[10, 'Rossum', 23.45] 1996956038208
>>> l2=l1 # Deep Copy
>>> print(l2,id(l2))----------------[10, 'Rossum', 23.45] 1996956038208
>>> l1.append("Python")
>>> print(l1,id(l1))---------------[10, 'Rossum', 23.45, 'Python'] 1996956038208
>>> print(l2,id(l2))---------------[10, 'Rossum', 23.45, 'Python'] 1996956038208
>>> l2.insert(1,"Nether")
>>> print(l1,id(l1))--------------[10, 'Nether', 'Rossum', 23.45, 'Python']
1996956038208
>>> print(l2,id(l2))--------------[10, 'Nether', 'Rossum', 23.45, 'Python']
1996956038208
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