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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def copy(self):
 """ Copy this object into a new object of the same type. The returned object will not have a parent object. """

        copyClass = self.copyClass
        if copyClass is None:
            copyClass = self.__class__
        copied = copyClass()
        copied.copyData(self)
        return copied