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May 22, 2012 00:28
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Clones an object and returns it.
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// recursive function to clone an object. If a non object parameter | |
// is passed in, that parameter is returned and no recursion occurs. | |
function cloneObject(obj) { | |
if (obj === null || typeof obj !== 'object') { | |
return obj; | |
} | |
var temp = obj.constructor(); // give temp the original obj's constructor | |
for (var key in obj) { | |
temp[key] = cloneObject(obj[key]); | |
} | |
return temp; | |
} | |
var bob = { | |
name: "Bob", | |
age: 32 | |
}; | |
var bill = (cloneObject(bob)); | |
bill.name = "Bill"; | |
console.log(bob); | |
console.log(bill); |
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