Python Both list gets affected after creating list using list2 list1

Question

Suppose I have a 

list l1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 

then I create another list l2 from l1 by

l2 = l1

Now I try to remove 5 from l1.

l1.remove(5)

print(l1)

[1,2,3,4]

but when I see L2 , 5 is removed from l2 also.

print(l2)

[1,2,3,4]

Why 5 is getting removed from l2. 
Is it l2 and l1 sharing the same memory? 
How can we make a list from another list, both sharing different memory address?

Answer 1

When you are copying a list to another list using = sign, both the lists refer to the same list object in the memory. So modifying one list, automatically changes the other as they both refer to the same object.

In simple terms, l1 is pointing to the contents of the list one. Then l1 = l2 will just create another pointer to that same list. If you want independent list then you will have to create the list as follows:

list2 = list1[:]