How can I copy a Python string?

Question

I do this:

a = \'hello\'

And now I just want an independent copy of a:

import copy

b = str(a)
c = a[:]
d = a          


        

Answer 1

You can copy a string in python via string formatting :

>>> a = 'foo'  
>>> b = '%s' % a  
>>> id(a), id(b)  
(140595444686784, 140595444726400)