DOC: pandas.Series(data=None, index=None, dtype=None, name=None, copy=False, fastpath=False)

[Lokeshrathi]

No proper information on "copy" is present under Documentation

[attack68]

The parameter is documented. Although I agree it could be made clearer.

Essentially since copy=False by default the memory location for the values is shared, although this only works for certain objects, as to whether the Series presents a copy or a view of the data:

r = [1,2]
s = pd.Series(r)
t = pd.Series(s)
t.iloc[0] = 999
print(r)
print(s)
print(t)

[1, 2]
0    999
1      2
dtype: int64
0    999
1      2
dtype: int64

r = np.array([1,2])
s = pd.Series(r)
t = pd.Series(s)
t.iloc[0] = 999
print(r)
print(s)
print(t)

[999   2]
0    999
1      2
dtype: int64
0    999
1      2
dtype: int64

[mdhsieh]

I'd like to help make this clearer, by adding the above example and explanation to the copy documentation.

[mdhsieh]

take

[mdhsieh]

I tried making changes to the Series main section instead.