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def copyTable(document, tableSource, tableDestination):
	# document is of odf.opendocument
	# tableSource is a string with the name of the source table
	# tableDestination is a string with the name of the destination table
	
	# get all tables in document
	allTables = document.getElementsByType(table.Table)
	templateTable = None
	for xTable in allTables:
		if hasattr(xTable, 'attributes'):
			tableName = xTable.getAttribute('name')
			
			if tableName == tableSource:
				templateTable = xTable
				
	if templateTable is None:
		print('Table not found')
		return
		
	# first need to know about the columns in the original table
	cols = templateTable.getElementsByType(table.TableColumn)
	
	# create a new table for the copy
	copyTable = Table(name=tableDestination)
	
	# run through all columns and create a new column in the destination table
	# for each column in the source table
	for itm in cols:
		colNew = TableColumn()
		# copy the stylename of the column (needed for columnwidth
		colNew.setAttribute('stylename', itm.getAttribute('stylename') )
		
		# add the created column to the destination table
		copyTable.addElement(colNew)

	# get all rows from the original table
	rows = templateTable.getElementsByType(table.TableRow)
	
	#run through all rows
	for tempRow in rows:
		# create a new roz
		tr = TableRow()
		
		# get all cells from the original table
		cells = tempRow.getElementsByType(table.TableCell)
		
		# run through all cells 
		for tempCell in cells:
			# create a new cell
			cell = TableCell()
			
			# copy the attributes
			cell.setAttribute('stylename', tempCell.getAttribute('stylename') )
			cell.setAttribute('numbercolumnsspanned', tempCell.getAttribute('numbercolumnsspanned') )
			cell.setAttribute('numbermatrixcolumnsspanned', tempCell.getAttribute('numbermatrixcolumnsspanned') )
			
			# get all parapgraphs from the cell
			paras = tempCell.getElementsByType(text.P)
			for paraTemp in paras:
				# extract the text
				old_text = teletype.extractText(paraTemp)
				# create a new paragraph
				para_copy = P(text=old_text)
				# append paragraph to the cell
				cell.addElement(para_copy)
			
			# add the cell to the row	
			tr.addElement(cell)
			
		# append row to the destination table
		copyTable.addElement(tr)
		
	
	templateTable.parentNode.addElement(copyTable)
	templateTable.parentNode.addElement(P() )