obspy.core.inventory.util.BaseNode.copy

BaseNode.copy()

Returns a deepcopy of the object.

Return type

same class as original object

Returns

Copy of current object.

Examples

1. Create a station object and copy it

   >>> from obspy import read_inventory
   >>> sta = read_inventory()[0][0]
   >>> sta2 = sta.copy()
   

   The two objects are not the same:

   >>> sta is sta2
   False
   

   But they have equal data (before applying further processing):

   >>> sta == sta2
   True
   

2. The following example shows how to make an alias but not copy the data. Any changes on st3 would also change the contents of st.

   >>> sta3 = sta
   >>> sta is sta3
   True
   >>> sta == sta3
   True