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title: "What is difference between shallow copy and deep copy?"  
description: "What is difference between shallow copy and deep copy?"  
author: "Simond Gear"  
published: 2017-01-09  
updated: 2020-09-24  
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category: "ios"  
tags: ["iphone", "ios"]  
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# What is difference between shallow copy and deep copy?

Shallow copy is also called as address copy. In shallow copy address are copied but not actual data while in deep copy data are copied.

## Answers

### Answer by Simond Gear

Shallow copy is also called as address copy. In shallow copy address are copied but not actual data while in deep copy data are copied.


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