pandas.Index.copy

Index.copy(name=None, deep=False, dtype=None, names=None)[source]

Make a copy of this object.

Name and dtype sets those attributes on the new object.

Parameters

name:Label, optional

Set name for new object.

deep:bool, default False

dtype:numpy dtype or pandas type, optional

Set dtype for new object.

Deprecated since version 1.2.0: use astype method instead.

names:list-like, optional

Kept for compatibility with MultiIndex. Should not be used.

Deprecated since version 1.4.0: use name instead.

Returns

Index

Index refer to new object which is a copy of this object.

Notes

In most cases, there should be no functional difference from using deep, but if deep is passed it will attempt to deepcopy.