numpy-copy-example.ipynb

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        "Populating the interactive namespace from numpy and matplotlib\n"
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      "A = np.random.rand(20,20,20)"
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      "import copy"
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      "%timeit B = copy.deepcopy(A)"
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        "100000 loops, best of 3: 9.88 \u00b5s per loop\n"
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        "100000 loops, best of 3: 4.5 \u00b5s per loop\n"
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