shallow-clone
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Package description
The shallow-clone npm package is designed to create shallow copies of various JavaScript data types, such as objects, arrays, and other native types. It is useful for cases where you need a new object with the same properties as the original but without deep copying nested structures.
Cloning Objects
Creates a shallow copy of an object. Changes to nested objects in the original will reflect in the clone.
const shallowClone = require('shallow-clone');
const obj = { a: 1, b: { c: 2 } };
const clonedObj = shallowClone(obj);
console.log(clonedObj); // { a: 1, b: { c: 2 } }Cloning Arrays
Creates a shallow copy of an array. Changes to nested arrays in the original will reflect in the clone.
const shallowClone = require('shallow-clone');
const arr = [1, 2, [3, 4]];
const clonedArr = shallowClone(arr);
console.log(clonedArr); // [1, 2, [3, 4]]Cloning Dates
Creates a shallow copy of a Date object, resulting in a new Date object with the same time.
const shallowClone = require('shallow-clone');
const date = new Date();
const clonedDate = shallowClone(date);
console.log(clonedDate); // outputs cloned date objectCloning Regular Expressions
Creates a shallow copy of a RegExp object, including its flags and lastIndex property.
const shallowClone = require('shallow-clone');
const regex = /test/gi;
const clonedRegex = shallowClone(regex);
console.log(clonedRegex); // outputs cloned RegExp objectLodash's clonedeep method provides deep cloning capabilities, unlike shallow-clone which only performs shallow cloning. This is useful for more complex data structures where nested objects and arrays also need to be independently cloned.
The clone package offers both deep and shallow cloning functionalities. It can be configured to perform either, making it more flexible compared to shallow-clone which only supports shallow cloning.
Readme
Make a shallow clone of an object, array or primitive.
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save shallow-clone
var clone = require('shallow-clone');
The array itself is cloned, but not the elements of the array. So any objects in the array will still not be cloned (e.g. they will be the same object as in the orginal array).
var arr = [{ 'a': 0 }, { 'b': 1 }]
var foo = clone(arr);
// foo => [{ 'a': 0 }, { 'b': 1 }]
// array is cloned
assert.equal(actual === expected, false);
// array elements are not
assert.deepEqual(actual[0], expected[0]); // true
clone(0)
//=> 0
clone('foo')
//=> 'foo'
clone(/foo/g)
//=> /foo/g
clone({a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 })
//=> {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }
Object constructor. | homepagePull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
| Commits | Contributor |
|---|---|
| 2 | doowb |
| 2 | jonschlinkert |
(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)
To generate the readme, run the following command:
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Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
$ npm install && npm test
Jon Schlinkert
Copyright © 2017, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.
This file was generated by verb-generate-readme, v0.6.0, on July 16, 2017.
FAQs
Creates a shallow clone of any JavaScript value.
The npm package shallow-clone receives a total of 12,275,027 weekly downloads. As such, shallow-clone popularity was classified as popular.
We found that shallow-clone demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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