<function name="Copy" parent="table" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Creates a deep copy and returns that copy. Preserves metatables using <page>debug.getmetatable</page>. <warning>This function is very slow! If you know the table structure, it is better to write your own copying mechanism.</warning> <warning>This function does NOT copy userdata, such as <page>Vector</page>s and <page>Angle</page>s!</warning> </description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <file line="22-L47">lua/includes/extensions/table.lua</file> <args> <arg name="originalTable" type="table">The table to be copied.</arg> <arg name="lookupTable" type="table" default="{}">Internal table used to track already copied tables to handle circular references.</arg> <arg name="lookupTable" type="table" default="{}"><internal notag="true"></internal>Internal table used to track already copied tables to handle circular references.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="table">A deep copy of the original table, or nil if the input table was nil.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Creates a deep copy of table Fruit</description> <code> local Fruit = {"Orange", "Apple", "Banana"} local FruitCopy = table.Copy(Fruit) PrintTable(FruitCopy) </code> <output> ``` 1 Orange 2 Apple 3 Banana ``` </output> </example>