Perhaps a dumb question, but is their a function to create a COPY of an existing object?

Perhaps a dumb question, but is their a function to create a COPY of an existing object?

newObject=display.copy(sourceObject) ???

It is not  dumb question.

No there is not a way to do that automatically.  You have to have your own system for that.

It is not  dumb question.

No there is not a way to do that automatically.  You have to have your own system for that.