How to create an object with same contents as another object in python?

Question

Look at code in my python file:

class Point:
    def __init__(self):
        """ Create a new point at the origin """
        self.x = 0
        self.y = 0
p = Point()
p.x = 4
p.y = 4

I want to create another object q which contains all the values of p

Yes,we can do it like this: q = Point.objects.create(q.x = p.x,q.y = p.y)

But, I don't want to refer to all the variables inside the class Point

How can I do it ?

You mean clone/copy? stackoverflow.com/questions/4794244/… docs.python.org/2/library/copy.html — Sid Vishnoi
– Sid Vishnoi, Commented Jun 21, 2018 at 8:40
Possible duplicate of How can I create a copy of an object in Python? — Reblochon Masque
– Reblochon Masque, Commented Jun 21, 2018 at 8:42

TomBombadil · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-21 08:41:29Z

4

import copy

for a shallow copy use

p2 = copy.copy(p)

for a deep copy use

p2 = copy.deepcopy(p)

answered Jun 21, 2018 at 8:41

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