Method copy

pandas/core/arrays/sparse/array.py:1204–1206

(self)

        return np.asarray(self, dtype=self.dtype.subtype).searchsorted(v, side, sorter)

    def copy(self) -> Self:
        values = self.sp_values.copy()
        return self._simple_new(values, self.sp_index, self.dtype)

    @classmethod
    def _concat_same_type(cls, to_concat: Sequence[Self]) -> Self: