AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'copy'

Question

I'm trying to copy either an integer or a dictionary, using the same line of code. I need 2 instances of the integer/dict.

My line of code is something like:

dict['item1'] = dict['item2'].copy

However, when it's an integer, I get this:

AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'copy'

Any idea what the cause is?

Answer 1

use the copy method from the copy module rather than a method access on the item.

import copy

dict['item1'] = copy.copy(dict['item2'])