copy

 

 

Description

The copy function creates new copy of the object on the heap with its own unique object id. The new object id is returned by the copy function.

When to use

The copy function produces a copy of the Directory (target) in a different memory location (From a C-programmer's perspective, the copy function behaves like the memcpy standard function).

 

Syntax

(copy directory)

Name Description AIS Types
directoryThe Directory to be copied.Directory

Returns:

An exact copy of the specified Directory.

 

Examples

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

Example_Directory_copy_003

This example shows how a Vector may be modified destructively or non-destructively using the the copy and setq function.

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

Structure Dictionary Directory Pair
List Vector Brick Matrix
Lambda NumMatrix CpxVector ShortVector

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

addMethod(BitVector) addMethod(Boolean) addMethod(Brick) addMethod(Character)
addMethod(CpxVector) addMethod(Date) addMethod(Dictionary) addMethod(Directory)
addMethod(FltVector) addMethod(Function) addMethod(IntVector) addMethod(List)
addMethod(Matrix) addMethod(NumMatrix) addMethod(NumVector) addMethod(Number)
addMethod(ObjVector) addMethod(ObjectRepository) addMethod(Pair) addMethod(PcodeVector)
addMethod(ShortVector) addMethod(String) addMethod(Structure) addMethod(Symbol)
addMethod(Vector) addMethod(Void) appendWriteln(ByteVector) append(BitVector)
append(Complex) append(CpxVector) append(FltVector) append(IntVector)
append(Matrix) append(NumMatrix) append(NumVector) append(ObjVector)
append(Pair) append(ShortVector) append(String) append(Structure)
append(Symbol) append(Vector) apply(BitVector) apply(CpxVector)
apply(FltVector) apply(IntVector) apply(Matrix) apply(NumMatrix)
apply(NumVector) apply(Pair) apply(ShortVector) apply(Structure)
apply(Vector) argCount(Lambda) argFetch(Lambda) associate(Pair)
attachLibrarian(ObjectRepository) balance(Lambda) binaryInsert(CpxVector) binaryInsert(FltVector)
binaryInsert(IntVector) binaryInsert(Matrix) binaryInsert(NumMatrix) binaryInsert(NumVector)
binaryInsert(ShortVector) binaryInsert(Structure) binaryInsert(Vector) binarySearch(CpxVector)
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binarySearch(NumMatrix) binarySearch(NumVector) binarySearch(ObjVector) binarySearch(ShortVector)
binarySearch(Structure) binarySearch(Vector) bitToNumberVector(BitVector) bitToNumberVector(NumVector)
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compareGT(Character) compareGT(Complex) compareGT(CpxVector) compareGT(Date)
compareGT(Dictionary) compareGT(Directory) compareGT(Function) compareGT(IntVector)
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compareGT(NumVector) compareGT(Number) compareGT(ObjVector) compareGT(ObjectRepository)
compareGT(Pair) compareGT(ShortVector) compareGT(String) compareGT(Structure)
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compareLT(Function) compareLT(IntVector) compareLT(Lambda) compareLT(List)
compareLT(Matrix) compareLT(NumMatrix) compareLT(NumVector) compareLT(Number)
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compareLT(String) compareLT(Structure) compareLT(Symbol) compareLT(Vector)
compareLT(Void) compareNE(BitVector) compareNE(Boolean) compareNE(Brick)
compareNE(Character) compareNE(Complex) compareNE(CpxVector) compareNE(Date)
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compile(Lambda) compile(List) cons(Pair) copy(BitVector)
copy(Brick) copy(CpxVector) copy(Dictionary) copy(Directory)
copy(FltVector) copy(IntVector) copy(Lambda) copy(List)
copy(Matrix) copy(NumMatrix) copy(NumVector) copy(ObjVector)
copy(Pair) copy(PcodeVector) copy(ShortVector) copy(Structure)
copy(Vector) count(Dictionary) count(Directory) count(List)
count(Matrix) count(NumMatrix) count(Pair) count(Structure)
count(Vector) debugBrowsableProcs(Context) debugBrowsableProcs(Lambda) debugDialog(String)
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defmethod(Dictionary) defmethod(Directory) defmethod(FltVector) defmethod(Function)
defmethod(IntVector) defmethod(List) defmethod(Matrix) defmethod(NumMatrix)
defmethod(NumVector) defmethod(Number) defmethod(ObjectRepository) defmethod(Pair)
defmethod(ShortVector) defmethod(String) defmethod(Structure) defmethod(Symbol)
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defstruct(Structure) defun(Lambda) deleteRows(Brick) delete(Dictionary)
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delete(Matrix) delete(NumMatrix) delete(NumVector) delete(ObjVector)
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findBlock(BitVector) find(String) freeBlock(BitVector) globalBinding(Context)
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isEqual(Boolean) isEqual(Brick) isEqual(Character) isEqual(Complex)
isEqual(Date) isEqual(Dictionary) isEqual(Directory) isEqual(FltVector)
isEqual(Function) isEqual(IntVector) isEqual(List) isEqual(Matrix)
isEqual(NumMatrix) isEqual(NumVector) isEqual(Number) isEqual(ObjVector)
isEqual(Pair) isEqual(ShortVector) isEqual(String) isEqual(Structure)
isEqual(Vector) isEqual(Void) isError(Error) isFloatVector(FltVector)
isIdentical(BitVector) isIdentical(Boolean) isIdentical(Brick) isIdentical(Character)
isIdentical(Complex) isIdentical(Date) isIdentical(Dictionary) isIdentical(Directory)
isIdentical(Error) isIdentical(FltVector) isIdentical(Function) isIdentical(IntVector)
isIdentical(List) isIdentical(Matrix) isIdentical(NumMatrix) isIdentical(NumVector)
isIdentical(Number) isIdentical(ObjVector) isIdentical(ObjectRepository) isIdentical(Pair)
isIdentical(PcodeVector) isIdentical(ShortVector) isIdentical(Structure) isIdentical(Vector)
isIdentical(Void) isInside(BitVector) isInside(Dictionary) isInside(Directory)
isInside(IntVector) isInside(List) isInside(Matrix) isInside(NumMatrix)
isInside(NumVector) isInside(ObjVector) isInside(Pair) isInside(ShortVector)
isInside(Structure) isInside(Vector) isIntegerVector(IntVector) isInteger(Integer)
isMatrix(Matrix) isMember(BitVector) isMember(Dictionary) isMember(Directory)
isMember(IntVector) isMember(List) isMember(Matrix) isMember(NumMatrix)
isMember(NumVector) isMember(ObjVector) isMember(Pair) isMember(ShortVector)
isMember(Structure) isMember(Vector) isMoney(Number) isNumberMatrix(NumMatrix)
isNumberVector(NumVector) isNumber(Number) isObjectVector(ObjVector) isObject(BitVector)
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isObject(FltVector) isObject(IntVector) isObject(List) isObject(Matrix)
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isObject(PcodeVector) isObject(ShortVector) isObject(String) isObject(Structure)
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isType(ObjVector) isType(ObjectRepository) isType(Pair) isType(ShortVector)
isType(String) isType(Structure) isType(Symbol) isType(Vector)
isType(Void) isVector(Vector) lambda(Lambda) last(List)
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length(FltVector) length(IntVector) length(List) length(Matrix)
length(NumMatrix) length(NumVector) length(ObjVector) length(ObjectRepository)
length(Pair) length(PcodeVector) length(ShortVector) length(String)
length(Structure) length(Symbol) length(Vector) lisp(Lambda)
lisp(List) list(List) loadRepository(ObjectRepository) macroReplace(String)
makeDictionary(Dictionary) makeGaussianMatrix(NumMatrix) makeGramMatrix(NumMatrix) makeLambda(Lambda)
makeQuotedList(List) makeStructure(Structure) map(Dictionary) map(Directory)
map(FltVector) map(IntVector) map(List) map(Matrix)
map(NumMatrix) map(NumVector) map(Pair) map(ShortVector)
map(Structure) map(Vector) mapc(Dictionary) mapc(Directory)
mapc(FltVector) mapc(IntVector) mapc(List) mapc(Matrix)
mapc(NumMatrix) mapc(NumVector) mapc(Pair) mapc(ShortVector)
mapc(Structure) mapc(Vector) matrixGaussianEliminate(NumMatrix) matrixGaussianSubstitute(NumMatrix)
member(BitVector) member(Dictionary) member(Directory) member(IntVector)
member(List) member(Matrix) member(NumMatrix) member(NumVector)
member(ObjVector) member(ShortVector) member(Structure) member(Vector)
methodsOf(BitVector) methodsOf(Boolean) methodsOf(Brick) methodsOf(Character)
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methodsOf(Matrix) methodsOf(NumMatrix) methodsOf(NumVector) methodsOf(Number)
methodsOf(ObjVector) methodsOf(ObjectRepository) methodsOf(Pair) methodsOf(PcodeVector)
methodsOf(ShortVector) methodsOf(String) methodsOf(Structure) methodsOf(Symbol)
methodsOf(Vector) methodsOf(Void) money(Number) morph(List)
myself(Lambda) new(BitVector) new(Brick) new(ByteVector)
new(CpxVector) new(Dictionary) new(Directory) new(FltVector)
new(IntVector) new(Lambda) new(Matrix) new(NumMatrix)
new(NumVector) new(ObjVector) new(ObjectRepository) new(PcodeVector)
new(ShortVector) new(String) new(Structure) new(Symbol)
new(Vector) number(Number) objectToDictionary(Dictionary) objectToDirectory(Directory)
objectToList(List) objectToMatrix(Matrix) objectToNumMatrix(NumMatrix) objectToNumVector(NumVector)
objectToStructure(Structure) objectToVector(Vector) onError(Error) onError(Lambda)
pair(Pair) parse(String) postHttp(String) postHttp(Text)
product(Number) proplist(Symbol) proprecord(Symbol) putprop(Symbol)
quote(List) rank(Matrix) rank(NumMatrix) refAttributes(Dictionary)
refAttributes(Directory) refAttributes(Structure) refAttributes(Vector) refLibrarian(ObjectRepository)
refValues(Dictionary) refValues(Directory) refValues(Structure) refValues(Vector)
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ref(FltVector) ref(Function) ref(IntVector) ref(Lambda)
ref(List) ref(Matrix) ref(NumMatrix) ref(NumVector)
ref(Number) ref(ObjVector) ref(ObjectRepository) ref(PcodeVector)
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ref(Vector) ref(Void) remProp(Symbol) remove(BitVector)
remove(Dictionary) remove(Directory) remove(IntVector) remove(Matrix)
remove(NumMatrix) remove(NumVector) remove(ObjVector) remove(ShortVector)
remove(Structure) remove(Vector) resize(BitVector) resize(Dictionary)
resize(Directory) resize(FltVector) resize(IntVector) resize(Matrix)
resize(NumMatrix) resize(NumVector) resize(ObjVector) resize(ShortVector)
resize(Structure) resize(Vector) reverse(BitVector) reverse(FltVector)
reverse(IntVector) reverse(List) reverse(Matrix) reverse(NumMatrix)
reverse(NumVector) reverse(ObjVector) reverse(ShortVector) reverse(Vector)
saveImmediate(ObjectRepository) saveObject(ByteVector) saveObject(Integer) saveRepository(ObjectRepository)
send(BitVector) send(Boolean) send(Brick) send(Character)
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vectorTanhInnerProduct(NumVector) writeln(ByteVector) writeln(String) writeln(Text)

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