Question 22 (Interview-Level):
Explain the difference between deepcopy and regular assignment (=) in Python with a practical example. Then modify the example to show how deepcopy solves the problem.

import copy

# Original Problem
original = [[1, 2], [3, 4]]
shallow_copy = original.copy()
shallow_copy[0][0] = 99
print(original)  # What happens here?

# Solution with deepcopy
deep_copied = copy.deepcopy(original)
deep_copied[1][0] = 77
print(original)  # What happens now?

Options:
A) Both modify the original list
B) copy() creates fully independent copies
C) Shallow copy affects nested objects, deepcopy doesn't
D) deepcopy is slower but creates true copies

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