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    Learn

    Complete
    Python
    In
    Simple Way

    1 https://www.youtube.com/durgasoftware
    Aliasing and
    Cloning,Deep
    Copy and
    Shallow
    Copy
    STUDY MATERIAL

    2 https://www.youtube.com/durgasoftware
    Aliasing: Aliasing is the process of creating duplicate reference variable.

    e.g.

    l1=[10,20,30,40]
    l2=l1 #creating duplicate reference variable (Aliasing)
    l1[1]=60 #If we try to make any change in l1 elements it will be automatically reflecting to l2 as both
    references pointing to same object.
    print(f’l1:{l1}’)
    print(f’l2:{l2}’)

    Output:
    l1:[10, 60, 30, 40]
    l2:[10, 60, 30, 40]

    Note: By using Aliasing if we perform any changes in one reference it will reflect automatically those
    changes to remaining references also.

    3 https://www.youtube.com/durgasoftware
    Cloning or Shallow Cloning: The process of creating duplicate object instead of creating
    duplicate reference variable is known as Cloning.

    If we want duplicate object instead of duplicate reference variable then we should go for
    cloning.

    e.g.
    l1=[10,20,30,40]
    l2=l1.copy() #creating duplicate object
    l1[1]=60 #If we try to make any change in l1 elements it will not be automatically reflecting to
    l2 as both references pointing to different objects by using .copy().
    print(f’l1:{l1}’)
    print(f’l2:{l2}’)

    Output:
    l1:[10, 60, 30, 40]
    l2:[10, 20, 30, 40]

    Note : For nested object in a list duplicate object not created by using shallow cloning only
    duplicate reference is created and it points to old object even if you create new object.

    4 https://www.youtube.com/durgasoftware
    e.g.
    l1=[10,20,[30,40],50]
    l2=l1.copy() #Shallow Cloning
    l1[2][0]=80 # If we try to change nested element it will reflect changes in l2 as well even if we
    creating duplicate object in case of shallow cloning.
    print(f’l1:{l1})
    print(f’l2:{l2})
    print(f’Id of l1[2][0]:{id(l1[2][0])} and Id of l2[2][0]:{id(l2[2][0])}’)# printing same id or address
    for nested elements in shallow cloning.

    Output:

    l1:[10, 20, [80, 40], 50]


    l2:[10, 20, [80, 40], 50]
    Id of l1[2][0]:140713858226752 and Id of l2[2][0]:140713858226752

    5 https://www.youtube.com/durgasoftware
    Deep Cloning: The process of creating duplicate object for object as well as nested object is nothing
    but Deep Cloning. For complete complete duplication of objects like nested objects one can use Deep
    Cloning.

    e.g.
    import copy
    l1=[10,20,[30,40],50]
    l2=copy.copy(l1) #Deep Cloning
    l1[2][0]=80 # If we try to change nested element it will not reflect changes in l2 as we have
    creating duplicate object as well as duplicate nested object in case of deep cloning.
    print(f’l1:{l1})
    print(f’l2:{l2})
    print(f’Id of l1[2][0]:{id(l1[2][0])} and Id of l2[2][0]:{id(l2[2][0])}’)# printing different id or
    address for nested elements in deep cloning.

    Output:
    l1:[10, 20, [80, 40], 50]
    l2:[10, 20, [30, 40], 50]
    Id of l1[2][0]:140713858226752 and Id of l2[2][0]:140713858226542

    6 https://www.youtube.com/durgasoftware

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