Python Set - copy method

Method signature:

copy()

Method overview:

The copy() method returns a copy of the set. The copy returned contains shallow copy of the elements.
i.e., A new set object is created and the elements are copied from the source set.
The elements are not created afresh.They are just referred.

Return Value:

A new set object containing shallow copy of the elements from the original set.

Example:

# Example Python program that copies the elements of
# a set into another new set

# Create a set of jobs for printing
printJobs = {"Job1", "Job2", "Job3", "Job4", "Job5"}

# Copy the jobs into a backup set
backupJobs = printJobs.copy()

print("Newly created set using copy():")
print(backupJobs)

print("Ids of the sets:")
print(id(printJobs))
print(id(backupJobs))

# While the backup set is newly created the elements are not
print("Ids of first elements from both the sets:")
elem = next(iter(printJobs))
print(id(elem))

elem = next(iter(backupJobs))
print(id(elem))

Output:

Newly created set using copy():

{'Job2', 'Job5', 'Job1', 'Job3', 'Job4'}

Ids of the sets:

4308111584

4308110240

Ids of first elements from both the sets:

4308014000