Install

npm install clone

yarn add clone

clone

offers foolproof deep cloning of objects, arrays, numbers, strings etc. in JavaScript.

Installation

npm install clone

(It also works with browserify, ender or standalone.)

Example

 var clone = require('clone');

var a, b;

a = { foo: { bar: 'baz' } };  // initial value of a

b = clone(a);                 // clone a -> b
a.foo.bar = 'foo';            // change a

console.log(a);               // show a
console.log(b);               // show b

This will print:

 { foo: { bar: 'foo' } }
{ foo: { bar: 'baz' } }

clone masters cloning simple objects (even with custom prototype), arrays,
Date objects, and RegExp objects. Everything is cloned recursively, so that you
can clone dates in arrays in objects, for example.

API

clone(val, circular, depth)

val -- the value that you want to clone, any type allowed
circular -- boolean

Call clone with circular set to false if you are certain that obj
contains no circular references. This will give better performance if needed.
There is no error if undefined or null is passed as obj.
depth -- depth to which the object is to be cloned (optional,
defaults to infinity)

clone.clonePrototype(obj)

obj -- the object that you want to clone

Does a prototype clone as
described by Oran Looney.

Circular References

 var a, b;

a = { hello: 'world' };

a.myself = a;
b = clone(a);

console.log(b);

This will print:

 { hello: "world", myself: [Circular] }

So, b.myself points to b, not a. Neat!

Test

npm test

Caveat

Some special objects like a socket or process.stdout/stderr are known to not
be cloneable. If you find other objects that cannot be cloned, please open an
issue.

Bugs and Issues

If you encounter any bugs or issues, feel free to open an issue at
github or send me an email to
[email protected]. I also always like to hear from you, if you’re using my code.

License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in
the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
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