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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, *, shallow=False):
 """Return a copy of a table."""

        table = type(self)()
        for label in self.labels:
            if shallow:
                column = self[label]
            else:
                column = np.copy(self[label])
            self._add_column_and_format(table, label, column)
        return table